Meaning

6 senses
  1. Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.

    They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.

    Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.

    exquisit, köstlich, auserlesen

    изы́сканныйizýskannyj, изя́щныйizjáščnyj

    ви́шуканийvýšukanyj

  2. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.

  3. Of special beauty or rare excellence.

    редкостныйredkostnyj

    of extreme beauty

  4. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.

    exquisite pain or pleasure

    чрезвычайныйčrezvyčajnyj

  5. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.

    exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment

  6. (obsolete)Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. This is an exquisite little painting.

    ruЭто небольшая изысканная картина.

    deDas ist ein ganz erlesenes Bildchen.

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  2. This is an exquisite little picture.

    ruЭто небольшая изысканная картина.

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  3. This restaurant offers some really exquisite dishes.

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  4. The tourists were fascinated with the exquisite scenery.

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  5. The exquisite corpse will drink the new wine.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
especially fine:
Русский
By meaning 3
especially fine:
of special beauty or rare excellence:
exceeding, extreme:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
especially fine:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more exquisite, most exquisite
Comparativemore exquisite Lesson
Superlativemost exquisite Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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