exquisite

/ɛkˈskwɪzɪt/

/ɛkˈskwɪzɪt/

Use exquisite to mean finely or delicately made or done. When you say someone has exquisite taste, you mean that they are able to make fine distinctions.

Exquisite describes something that is lovely, beautiful, or excellent. Exquisite pain or agony is very sharp and intense. Exquisite is from Middle English exquisit, from Latin exquisitus, from exquirere "to search out."

Definitions of exquisite

1. adjective

   delicately beautiful
   “an exquisite cameo”

   synonyms: dainty

   delicate

   exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
2. adjective

   of extreme beauty
   “her exquisite face”

   synonyms:

   beautiful

   delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
3. adjective

   lavishly elegant and refined
   synonyms: recherche

   elegant

   refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
4. adjective

   intense or sharp
   “suffered exquisite pain”

   “felt exquisite pleasure”

   synonyms: keen, searing

   intense

   possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree