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- exquisite -
[pronounced ik-skwit-it, ek-skwi-zit]
adj.
1) Of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry.
2) Extraordinarily fine or admirable; consummate.
3) Intense; acute, or keen, as pleasure or pain.
4) Of rare excellence of production or execution, as works of art or workmanship.
5) Keenly or delicately sensitive or responsive.
6) Of particular refinement or elegance, as taste, manners, etc., or persons.
7) Carefully sought out, chosen, ascertained, devised, etc.
Word Origin
The word exquisite first appeared between 1400-50 in Middle English. It was used to describe something as meticulous, or chosen with care.
Examples
“The pleasant weather we are having is quite exquisite.”
"She purchased an exquisite antique table."
