exquisite B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈɛkskwəzət/ UK /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #8713 Meanings 1 adj Extremely beautiful and delicate. The museum houses some of the world's most exquisite works of art. 2 adj Extremely fine, pleasing, or of high quality. They sell good coffee, but their chocolate is exquisite. 3 adj Very intense or sharp, especially of pain or pleasure. She suffered exquisite pain after the fall. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · extremely beautiful and... daintyrecherche 3 adj · very intense or sharp,... keen More beautifuldelicatediscriminatingperfect Word family Forms exquisitenessexquisites Derived forms exquisitelyexquisitenessoverexquisitesuperexquisite Common collocations exquisite face Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”). Topics Emotions & Feelings Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # exquisite **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɛkskwəzət/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 8713 ## Meanings 1. Extremely beautiful and delicate. 2. Extremely fine, pleasing, or of high quality. 3. Very intense or sharp, especially of pain or pleasure. ## Examples - The museum houses some of the world's most exquisite works of art. - They sell good coffee, but their chocolate is exquisite. - She suffered exquisite pain after the fall. ## Synonyms - beautiful - delicate - discriminating - perfect ## Derived Forms - exquisitely - exquisiteness - overexquisite - superexquisite ## Etymology From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”). ## AI Etymology Exquisite comes from Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”). In current use, the main senses are “Extremely beautiful and delicate” and “Extremely fine, pleasing, or of high quality”. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Describing Qualities markdown