exquisite
adjective
[ ˈɛkskwɪzɪt ]
• extremely beautiful and delicate.
• "exquisite, jewel-like portraits"
Similar:
beautiful,
lovely,
elegant,
graceful,
magnificent,
superb,
superlative,
excellent,
wonderful,
well crafted,
well made,
well executed,
perfect,
delicate,
fragile,
dainty,
subtle,
intricate,
tasteful,
fine,
choice,
• intensely felt.
• "the most exquisite kind of agony"
Similar:
intense,
acute,
keen,
piercing,
sharp,
severe,
racking,
excruciating,
agonizing,
harrowing,
torturous,
tormenting,
searing,
unbearable,
insufferable,
unendurable,
more than one can bear,
exquisite
noun
• a man who is affectedly concerned with his clothes and appearance; a dandy.
Similar:
dandy,
fop,
beau,
man about town,
bright young thing,
glamour boy,
rake,
dilettante,
aesthete,
swell,
dude,
sharp dresser,
snappy dresser,
natty dresser,
blade,
blood,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘precise’): from Latin exquisit- ‘sought out’, from the verb exquirere, from ex- ‘out’ + quaerere ‘seek’.
