Definition of EXQUISITE

exquisite

Meanings

Plural: exquisites

Adjective Satellite

  • intense or sharp
    • "suffered exquisite pain"
    • "felt exquisite pleasure"
  • lavishly elegant and refined
  • delicately beautiful
    • "an exquisite cameo"
  • of extreme beauty
    • "her exquisite face"

Adj

  • Specially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
  • Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
  • Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
  • Of special beauty or rare excellence.
  • Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
  • Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.

Noun

  • Fop, dandy.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“I outseek”).

Synonyms

barbermonger, beau, beautiful, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dainty, dandy, delicate, dike, discriminating, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, keen, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, perfect, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, recherche, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff

Scrabble Score: 25

exquisite is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
exquisite is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exquisite is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 26

exquisite is a valid Words With Friends word