exquisite beauty

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• exquisite — 01. These flowers give off an [exquisite] perfume when they open in the evening. 02. Her wedding gown was simply [exquisite]. She looked like a princess. 03. Sebastien built an [exquisite] little farm set for his grandchildren. 04. Her… …   Grammatical examples in English

• exquisite — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of great beauty and delicacy. 2) highly refined: exquisite taste. 3) intensely felt; acute. DERIVATIVES exquisitely adverb exquisiteness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «precise»: from Latin exquirere seek out …   English terms dictionary

• exquisite — ex•quis•ite [[t]ɪkˈskwɪz ɪt, ˈɛk skwɪ zɪt[/t]] adj. 1) of special beauty or charm or rare and appealing excellence: exquisite flowers[/ex] 2) extraordinarily fine: exquisite weather[/ex] 3) intense; acute: exquisite pain[/ex] 4) of rare… …   From formal English to slang

• exquisite — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English exquisit, from Latin exquisitus, past participle of exquirere to search out, from ex + quaerere to seek Date: 15th century 1. carefully selected ; choice 2. archaic accurate 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• exquisite — exquisitely, adv. exquisiteness, n. /ik skwiz it, ek skwi zit/, adj. 1. of special beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, coloring, music, or poetry. 2. extraordinarily fine or admirable; consummate: exquisite… …   Universalium

• beauty — noun 1 quality of being beautiful ADJECTIVE ▪ breathtaking, exquisite, great, majestic, outstanding (esp. BrE), sheer, stunning ▪ an area of breathtaking beauty …   Collocations dictionary

• exquisite — [15] Etymologically, exquisite means ‘sought out’. It comes from the past participle of Latin exquīrere, a compound formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and quaerere ‘search’ (source of English query, quest, and question). Already in Latin it had… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• exquisite — [15] Etymologically, exquisite means ‘sought out’. It comes from the past participle of Latin exquīrere, a compound formed from the prefix ex ‘out’ and quaerere ‘search’ (source of English query, quest, and question). Already in Latin it had… …   Word origins

• beauty —    In Beaumont and Fletcher’s The Wild Goose Chase, Lugier enters and says to two young ladies: ‘Good day, fair beauties!’ ‘You have beautified us, we thank you, sir,’ replies one of them. Viola, in Twelfth Night (l:v) addresses Olivia and Maria… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• exquisite — adj. Exquisite is used with these nouns: ↑agony, ↑beauty, ↑craftsmanship, ↑delicacy, ↑taste, ↑workmanship …   Collocations dictionary

• exquisite — /əkˈskwɪzət / (say uhk skwizuht), /ɛk / (say ek ), /ˈɛkskwəzət / (say ekskwuhzuht) adjective 1. of peculiar beauty or charm, or rare and appealing excellence, as a face, a flower, colouring, music, poetry, etc. 2. extraordinarily fine, admirable …