a. | 1. | Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; |
2. | Exceeding; extreme; keen; - used in a bad or a good sense; | |
3. | Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; | |
n. | 1. | One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy. |
Adj. | 1. | exquisite - intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" Synonyms: keen |
2. | exquisite - lavishly elegant and refined Synonyms: recherche | |
3. | exquisite - of delicate composition and artistry; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo" Synonyms: dainty | |
4. | exquisite - of extreme beauty; "her exquisite face" |