Exquisite

Definition: Exquisite

Exquisite

Adjective

1. Intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure".

2. Lavishly elegant and refined.

3. Of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo".

4. Of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "exquisite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Exquisite

Fop

Noun: fop, fine gentleman; swell; dandy, dandiprat; exquisite, coxcomb, beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man; fribble, milliner; Jemmy Jessamy, carpet knight; masher, dude.

Inexpedience

Superexcellent; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard; (perfect); inimitable.

Pain

Charming; delightful, felicitous, exquisite; lovely; (beautiful); ravishing, rapturous; heartfelt, thrilling, ecstatic; beatic; beatific; seraphic; empyrean; elysian; (heavenly).

Savoriness

Adjective: savory, delicious, tasty, well-tasted, to one's taste, good, palatable, nice, dainty, delectable; toothful, toothsome; gustful, appetizing, lickerish, delicate, exquisite, rich, luscious, ambrosial, scrumptious, delightful.

Crosswords: Exquisite

The exquisite tragedy (My Best Friend's Wedding; writing credit: Ronald Bass)

You will never know the exquisite pain of the guy, who goes home alone (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil)

We worship the flaw, the belly, the belly, the mole on the belly of an exquisite whore (Babelogue; performing artist: Patti Smith)

That's why I'm in such exquisite agony (The Masochism Tango; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Exquisite Sinner (1926)

The Exquisite Thief (1919)

Exquisite Tenderness (1994)

The Exquisite Hour (1994)

Exquisite Agony (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Exquisite Mayhem (reference)

• Gardens of New Orleans: Exquisite Excess (reference)

• Horses of the Sun : A Gallery of the World's Most Exquisite (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mermaids Exquisite Treasures (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Exquisite Consorts (reference)

• Exquisite Fires (reference)

• Lucas shine & his exquisite corpse (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The exquisite workmanship of master lensmakers helped illuminate our coast. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Southwest elevation. Measured drawing delineated by Ken Breuer, 1974. (Reproduction Number: HABS SC-377, sheet 7/14 of 15; negative number LC-USZA1-1334). Begun in 1738 for John Drayton, a prominent official and businessman in colonial South Carolina, Drayton Hall is one of the finest and best-preserved Georgian Palladian houses in the nation. Known for its symmetrical design, two-story portico (porch), and exquisite interior decorative wood and plasterwork, the house was the only plantation house on the west bank of the Ashley River not to be burned during the Civil War. Still without running water, central heat, or electricity, Drayton Hall is now a National Trust historic site. Credit: Library of Congress.

The coloring in that sunset is exquisite. Credit: Library of Congress.

Exquisite beauty of today's South China. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The joy, the gratitude, the exquisite delight of her sensations may be imagined

But he was back in a few moments, having discarded his broom and provided himself, from some mysterious source, with an exquisite bouquet of flowers

A limb of exquisite mould was seen

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beginning with "exquisite": exquisite-looking.

Ending with "exquisite": of-exquisite.

Albanian

elegant (chic, courtly, dainty, dashing, elegant, fashionable, gallant, genteel, high-toned, modish, nifty, Nobby, silk stocking, Spruce, stylish, trig, willowy), therës (acid, acidly, acrimonious, acute, biting, butcher, caustic, cutting, dry, epigrammatic, executioner, incisive, keen, nippy, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, sharp, sharp cut, stinging, trenchant), i mprehtë (acute, astute, bright, clairvoyant, Clarion, discerning, edgy, fine, high, high pitched, incisive, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, knowing, nimble, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, piping, pointed, pungent, quick, ridged, ridgy, sagacious, salt, sharp, sharp cut, shrill, subtile, subtle, tart, trenchant), i hollë (dainty, delicate, dinky, discerning, egg shell, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, ingenious, keen, liny, meager, meagre, nice, paper, papery, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, politic, sleazy, slender, slim, small, spidery, spindling, spindly, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, Twiggy, washy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاتن (alluring, attractive, breathtaking, captivating, catching, charming, cute, darling, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, likely, lovely, magic, magical, mesmeric, personable, philanderer, picturesque, pretty, ravishing, seducer, spellbinding, stunning, superb, sweet, tempter, thrilling, winning, winsome, zestful), ‏فاخر (brag, deluxe, excellent, fancy, fine, glory, luxurious, splendid, superior), ‏ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, extra, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), ‏متقن (accurate, artful, dexterous, dextrous, exact, excellent, masterful, masterly, neat, perfect, precise, skilful, skillful, subtle), ‏مختار بعناية (recherche), ‏مختار (choice, chosen, elected, select, selected), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏طريف (curious, facetious, quaint), ‏رفيع التهذيب (nice), ‏رائع (admirable, bonny, brag, brave, conspicuous, dazzling, ducks, ducky, effective, elegant, emphatic, entrancing, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, felicitous, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, in apple-pie order, irresistible, lovely, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, mighty, miraculous, noteworthy, out of this world, outstanding, palmy, picturesque, portentous, precious, prestigious, rattling, recherche, remarkable, ripening, ripping, sensational, showy, sightly, signal, singular, smash, smashing, solid, some, spanking, sparkling, splendid, stunning, stupendous, super, superb, swell, terrific, topping, tremendous, uncommon, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), ‏شخص متأنق جدا, ‏شديد الحساسية (fastidious, highly strung, oversensitive, squeamish, touchy, toughy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

фин (dainty, delicate, distinguished, fine, nice, recherche, refined, sheer), конте (adonis, beau, chappy, corinthian, dude, fop, gallant, jack-a-dandy, nut, popinjay, sharpy, swell, toff), прелестен (adorable, beauteous, beautiful, charming, delightsome, dreamy, fetching, lovely, sweet), изискан (accomplished, classic, discerning, distinguished, elegant, exact, gracious, neat, nice, polished, polite, precise, recherche, refined, tasteful, urbane, well-rounded). (various references)

Chinese 

精妙, 絕妙 . (various references)

Czech

znamenitý (able, classic, excellent, signal, wonderful), vynikající (accomplished, amazing, beautiful, champion, chance, delicious, egregious, eminent, excellent, fine, magnificent, notable, outstanding, preeminent, prize, prominent, star, sterling, superlative, wonderful), vybraný (choice, dainty, delicate, elegant, grand, parliamentary, refined, select, selected, sophisticated), velký (big, considerable, grand, grave, great, gross, hearty, heavy, high, intense, large, long, loose, man-sized, spacious, tall, wide), výteèný (delicious, gorgeous, preeminent, prize, wonderful), intenzivní (concentrated, high pressure, intense, intensive, violent, vivid), bystrý (acute, alert, astute, bright, discerning, keen, keen-witted, nimble, penetrating, perspicacious, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, subtle). (various references)

Farsi 

مطبوع (Dainty, Douce, Fun, Graceful, Handsome, Lief, Proper, Scrumptious, Sweet, Toothsome), نفیس (Precious, Valuable), حساس (Acute, Alive, Delicate, Sensitive, Sensory, Stark, Susceptible, Techy, Tender, Ticklish, Touchy, Vigilant), سخت (Adjacent, Chronic, Crusty, Demanding, Difficult, Dogged, Dour, Eburnated, Grave, Grim, Rigid, Rigorous, Rocky, Rugged, Serious, Severe, Sore, Steely, Stratify, Stringent, Strong, Troublesome), عالی (Beautiful, Brave, Capital, Excellent, Famous, Fine, Gallant, High, Immense, Knockout, Lofty, Much, Palmary, Remarkable, Ripping, Spiffy, Splendid, Super, Superb, Superlative, Supreme, Swank, Unrivaled), شدید (Boisterous, Chronic, Diametrical, Drastic, Grievous, Hard, Inclement, Intense, Intensive, Keen, Rigorous, Rugged, Severe, Sopping, Stalwart, Strenuous, Tough, Vehement, Vigorous, Violent), دلپسند (Nice), دقیق (Accurate, Astringent, Astute, Literal, Particular, Precise, Precision, Punctilious, Punctual, Scholastic, Scrutinizer, Set, Sound, Stringent, Subtle, Tender, Tenuous, Watchful, Wistful), بدیع (Novel, Original, Picturesque). (various references)

Finnish

iki-ihana, hienon hieno (subtle, very fine), hieno (chic, choice, delicate, elegant, fine, finely dressed, noble, refined, thin). (various references)

French

exquis (excellent). (various references)

German

auserlesene. (various references)

Greek 

πανέμορφοσ (sublime), εκλεκτόσ (choice, chosen, elect, picked, recherche, select), εξαίρετοσ (capital, prime, ripping, signal), εξαίσιοσ (scrumptious, superb), λεπτόσ (dainty, delicate, fine, flimsy, gossamery, lank, nice, rangy, refined, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, slimsy, subtile, subtle, svelte, tactful, tenuous, thin, ticklish, waspish), αιθέριοσ (ethereal). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעודן (delicate, graceful, refined, subtle), נהדר (glorious, grand, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, majestic, splendid, superb). (various references)

Hungarian

tökéletes (absolute, accomplished, beyond all praise, can be hardly improved on, complete, consummate, finished, impeccable, perfect, pukka, rank, regular, thorough, utter, very), rendkívüli (exceptional, exceptive, extra, extra special, extraordinary, extreme, out of the ordinary, out of this world, outstanding, phenomenal, portentous, singular, steep, stupendous, supernormal, tiptop, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), maradéktalan. (various references)

Indonesian

luhung (noble, superb, supreme), indah sekali (gorgeous), indah (aesthetical, chic, decorative, gorgeous, picturesque, posh, scenic). (various references)

Italian

squisito (choice, dainty, delicious, deliciously). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

精巧 (delicate, elaborate), 凝った (artistic, elaborate, refined, tasty). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

びみょう (delicate, elegant, subtle), せいこう (affection, bull's eye, character and conduct, crude, delicate, elaborate, hit, immature, mark, point, sexual intercourse, steel manufacture, success, unpolished, western suburb), せいみょう, こうち (arable land, arrest, back-end, cleverness, confinement, craft, cunning, detailed, detention, elaborate, heights, high ground, plateau, skill, slow and elaborate, well-known), こった (artistic, elaborate, refined, tasty), じゅんび (arrangements, preparation, provision, reserve, truly beautiful), みょうみ (charm, profit). (various references)

Korean 

절묘한. (various references)

Manx

ree-geyre, feer vie (excellent, first rate), feer aalin. (various references)

Norwegian

utsøkt. (various references)

Pig Latin

exquisiteay.(various references)

Portuguese

extraordinário (amazing, extra, extraordinary, formidable, king-size, miraculous, particular, phenomenal, prodigious, rare, remarkable, sensational, shining, singular, special, sublime, surpassing, transcendent, tremendous, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), requintado (attic, out-and-out), raro (close, infrequent, out-and-out, rare, rose, scant, scanty, scarce, seldom, sparse, sporadic, tight, uncommon, unique, unusual, unwonted), primoroso (absolute), pretensioso (assuming, assumptive, bounder, bumptious, chesty, cocksure, cocksy, cocky, conceited, donnish, goody, gooey, hoity-toity, la-di-da, orotund, pretentious, prig, priggish, select, showy, snob, snooty, square-toed, swanky), intenso (acute, alive, deep, high, hot, intense, intensive, out-and-out, quick, saturate, saturated, smart, strong, vivid), fino (braw, choice, dainty, delicate, dressy, fine, gallant, gaunt, genteel, gentlemanly, gossamer, keen, knowing, lean, nice, nobby, out-and-out, posh, refined, select, sharp, sheer, sleazy, slender, slim, smart, stylish, subtil, subtile, subtle, tactful, tasteful, tenuous, thin, well-bred, well-made, wispy), delicado (airy, attentive, chivalrous, civil, complaisant, considerate, courteous, courtly, dainty, delicate, fastidious, fine, flossy, fragile, frail, gaunt, gentle, gingerly, kid-glove, kittle, lean, mannerly, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, out-and-out, pernickety, polite, refined, scabrous, sensitive, sensory, sleazy, slender, slight, sophisticated, tactful, tender, thin, ticklish, urbane, well-made), casquilho (cockscomb, dandy, sleeve, socket, thimble), almofadinha (dandy, dude, fop, gallant). (various references)

Romanian

extrem de fin (fine-drawn), excelent (a1, best, capital, champion, clinking, consummate, crack, excellent, excellently, fine, first rate, golden, great, noble, passing, roaring, special, splendid, that's capital, tiptop, topping), splendid (brilliant, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, lofty, magnificent, noble, princely, proud, refulgent, resplendent, splendid, stunning, superb), rafinat (clever, courtly, dainty, delicate, fine, parliamentary, refined, sophisticated, subtle, tenuous), puternic (acute, ardent, authoritative, biting, catchy, drastic, fierce, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, intensive, leonine, loud, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stark, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), intens (arduous, cut throat, deep, heavy, high, intense, intensely, intensive, keen, powerful, saturated, severe, strenuous, strong, violent), insuportabil (aggravating, beyond endurance, fierce, impossible, insufferable, insupportable, keen, obnoxious, obnoxiously, oppressive, outrageous, past endurance, trying, unbearable, unbearably, unendurable), ales (admirable, beau, choice, chosen, clear, dainty, delicate, distinct, distinguished, elect, elective, excellent, first rate, grand, high, lofty, picked, rare, remarkable, select, splendid, supreme), adorabil (admirable, adorable, amiable, charming, choice, darling, delicious, delightful, wonderful, worshipful). (various references)

Russian 

изысканный (accomplished, courtly, dainty, distingue, nice, precious, recherche, refined, soigne, tony 1, urbane, well spoken). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izvrstan (admirable, fancy, superb). (various references)

Spanish

exquisito (affected, choosey, choosy, delicate, delicious, delightful, elaborate, excellent, luscious, lush). (various references)

Swedish

utsökt (choice, consummate, dainty, delicate, delicious, excellent, exquisitely, fine, picked), intensiv (high pitched, hot, intense, intensive, keen, mortal, vivid). (various references)

Thai

สวยงาม (fair, fine), ยอดเยี่ยม (excellent, exceptional, splendiferous). (various references)

Turkish

nefis (ambrosial, awfully nice, beautiful, beyond praise, dainty, delectable, delicious, delightly, excellent, fine, marvellous, marvelous, peachy, scrumptious, stunning, yummy, yum-yum), nazik (affable, attentive, brittle, civil, civilized, civil-spoken, complaisant, considerate, courteous, dainty, debonair, debonaire, decent, delicate, distingue, Douce, eggshell, fair, genteel, gentle, gracious, kid glove, kind, mannerly, mild, obliging, parliamentary, polished, polite, suave, sweet-natured, tender, ticklish, tickly, touchy, trickish, tricky, urbane, well disposed), kibar (aristocratic, aristocratical, attentive, blancmange, bland, chivalrous, civil, civilized, courteous, courtly, distingue, Douce, elegant, fashionable, gallant, genteel, gentle, kid glove, mild, nice, parliamentary, polished, polite, refined, sharp, urbane, well born, well disposed, well mannered), keskin (acrid, acute, biting, bitter, blazing, chiseled, chiselled, cutting, dead, deep, edged, incisive, keen, keen-edged, mordacious, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, searching, severe, sharp, sharp cut, sharp-edged, sharp-set, smart, sour, spiky, splitting, stinging, strong, tart, trenchant), hassas (brittle, climacteric, critical, delicate, emotional, fair, feeling, fine, impressible, impressionable, nice, passibile, precision, queasy, quick, raw, responsive, rose water, sensible, sensitive, slippery, sore, spoony, squeamish, susceptible, susceptive, tender, thin-skinned, ticklish, tickly, touchy), şiddetli (acute, astringent, bitter, brutal, burning, cast iron, consuming, deep, drastic, extreme, ferocious, flaming, flash, forceful, frenetic, frenzied, fulminant, furious, gusty, hard, harsh, heavy, high, hot, impetuous, intemperate, intense, intensive, ironclad, keen, profound, rigorous, round, severe, sharp, slashing, sledgehammer, smacking, smart, smashing, spanking, splitting, stand up, stern, stinging, stormy, strenuous, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, torrential, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent). (various references)

Ukrainian

цілковитий (absolute, abysmal, all out, crass, dense, orbicular, out and out, outright, pure, right-down, teetotal), франт (beau, dude, jackanapes, nut, toff), фат (cockscomb, coxcomb, fop), відмінний (a, alien from, another, bang up, different, disparate, distinct, distinctive, divergent, nailing, nifty, perfect, swell, tidy, variant, way up), вишуканий (accomplished, ambitious, becoming, chic, choice, courtly, dainty, delicate, distinguished, dressmaker, fine, foppish, kid glove, minion, nice, nutty, polished, polite, precious, quaint, recherche, trim, way up). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tinh (acute, essential, unmixed), thính (delicate, sharp), thanh (bar, barie, tablet), tế nhị (delicate, kid glove, nice, nicely, witty), nhạy, người khảnh ăn, khảnh mặc, công tử bột người quá cảnh vẻ. (various references)

Welsh

odiaeth (excellent, extremely, most, very). (various references)

exquisita, exquisitus. (various references)

bicumelic. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "exquisite": exquisitely, exquisiteness, exquisitenesses, exquisites. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exquisite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: equisite, equivites, esquisite, exquisile, exquisit, exquisitus, exqusite, exsquisite. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: equities.

-2 letters: equites.

-3 letters: quiets.

-4 letters: etuis, exist, exits, quest, quiet, quite, quits, sixte, suite, tuxes.

-5 letters: etui, exes, exit, quit, sext, site, suet, suit, tees, ties, tuis.

+1 letter: exquisites.

+2 letters: exquisitely.

+4 letters: exquisiteness.