/
ˈɛkskwɪzɪt,
ɪkˈskwɪzɪt,
ɛk-/
adj.
- very beautiful and delicate.
- intensely felt.
▸highly sensitive:
exquisite taste.
n.
literary a dandy.
Derivative
- exquisitely adv.
- exquisiteness n.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘precise’): from L. exquisit-, exquirere ‘seek out’.