Associations to the word «Exquisite»

Wiktionary

EXQUISITE, adjective. Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
EXQUISITE, adjective. (obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
EXQUISITE, adjective. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
EXQUISITE, adjective. Of special beauty or rare excellence.
EXQUISITE, adjective. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
EXQUISITE, adjective. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
EXQUISITE, noun. (rare) Fop, dandy. [from early 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

EXQUISITE, adjective. Intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure".
EXQUISITE, adjective. Lavishly elegant and refined.
EXQUISITE, adjective. Delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo".
EXQUISITE, adjective. Of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face".

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne