Exquisite

Common synonyms include: accurate, accurate, acute, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, agonizing.

adj, noun

adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1
Fop, dandy. rare
"It is impossible to meet with a more finished coxcomb than a Broadway exquisite, or a “Broadway swell,” which is the designation attached to him on the spot."

Adjective

1
Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
"They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite."
2
Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact. obsolete
3
Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
4
Of special beauty or rare excellence.
5
Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
"exquisite pain or pleasure"

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6
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
"exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment"

Adjective

"The tourists were fascinated with the exquisite scenery."

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