exquisite
exquisite Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Extremely beautiful and typically delicate or finely crafted.
"The museum displayed an exquisite collection of hand-carved ivory miniatures."
Highly sensitive, discerning, or refined in judgment, taste, or perception.
"The sommelier was celebrated for her exquisite palate and encyclopedic knowledge of vintage wines."
Intensely felt or experienced (used especially of pain, pleasure, or agony).
"A sudden movement sent a wave of exquisite pain radiating through his injured shoulder."
• noun
A person who is overly fastidious or affected in dress, manners, and grooming (now archaic or historical).
"Nineteenth-century satirical cartoons frequently mocked the impeccably tailored exquisites strolling through London parks."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Latin exquisitus, meaning "carefully sought out" or "choice," the past participle of exquirere (from ex- "out" and quaerere "to seek").