01 a. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare sa…
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Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.“Plate of rare device, and jewels Of reach and exquisite form.” — Shak.“I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough.” — Shak.
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Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
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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.