1. Adjective
Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
2. Adjective
Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
3. Adjective
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
4. Noun
One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
5. Adjective
intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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