ex·qui·site ( k skw -zt, k-skwzt)adj. 1. Characterized by intricate and beautiful design or execution: an exquisite chalice. 2. Of such beauty or delicacy as to arouse intense delight: an exquisite sunset. See Synonyms at delicate. 3. Excellent; flawless: plays the piano with exquisite technique. 4. Acutely perceptive or discriminating: "Blind dolphins have been known to survive in the wild, guided by exquisite acoustic images of their prey" (Kenneth Browser). 5. Intense; keen: suffered exquisite pain. 6. Obsolete Ingeniously devised or thought out. n. One who is excessively fastidious in dress, manners, or taste. [Middle English exquisit, carefully chosen, from Latin exqu  stus, past participle of exqurere, to search out : ex-, ex- + quaerere, to seek.]ex qui·site·ly adv.ex qui·site·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. | exquisiteness - extreme beauty of a delicate sort beauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses |
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