Definition of: exquisite

(eks′kwi·zit, ik·skwiz′it) adjective
1. Characterized by fineness and delicacy; dainty in make or quality; satisfying to the esthetic faculties; refined; delicately beautiful.
2. Having unusually refined perception or judgment; delicately sensitive and accurate; of keen esthetic discrimination; nice; fastidious: exquisite taste.
3. Causing or marked by intense or extreme emotion; exciting or fitted to excite extreme pleasure or pain; intense or poignant: exquisite rapture or pain.
4. Obs. Very careful; curious.
5. Obs. Particular; choice. See synonyms under BEAUTIFUL, CHOICE, DELICIOUS, ELEGANT, FINE.
—noun A person very dainty in dress or manners; a fop; dandy; dude. [<L exquisitus, pp. of exquirere <ex- out + quarere seek]
—ex′qui·site·ly adverb
—ex′qui·site·ness noun