exquisite
exquisite is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
- 2.Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment. His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite. Fuller.
- 3.One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- ambrosia
- ambrosial
- appetite
- appetizer
- appetizing
- beau
- blade
- blood
- bocca
- buck
- carpet
- coquette
- coxcomb
- dainty
- dandiprat
- dandy
- delectable
- delicacy
- delicate
- delicatessen
- delicious
- deliciousness
- delightful
- dude
- fast
- fine
- flatter
- flirt
- fop
- fribble
- game
- gentleman
- good
- gustful
- knight
- lady
- lickerish
- like
- luscious
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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