English-Thai Dictionary
exquisite
ADJ ที่ รุนแรง (เกี่ยวกับ ความรู้สึก intense ti-run-rang
exquisite
ADJ ยอดเยี่ยม excellent perfect yod-yiam
exquisite
ADJ สวยงาม วิจิตร งดงาม อ่อนช้อย beautiful delicate elegant suai-ngam
exquisitely
ADV อย่างสวยงาม อย่าง งดงาม อย่าง วิจิตร อย่างประ ณีต beautifully delicately elegantly yang-suai-ngam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EXQUISITE
a.s as z. [L. e xquisitus, from exquiro; ex and quaero, to seek. ] Literally, sought out or searched for with care; whence, choice; select. Hence, 1. Nice; exact; very excellent; complete; as a vase of exquisite workmanship.
2. Nice; accurate; capable of nice perception; as exquisite sensibility.
3. Nice; accurate; capable of nice discrimination; as exquisite judgment, taste or discernment.
4. Being in the highest degree; extreme; as, to relish pleasure in an exquisite degree. So we say, exquisite pleasure or pain.
The most exquisite of human satisfactions flows from an approving conscience.
5. Very sensibly felt; as a painful and exquisite impression on the nerves.
EXQUISITELY
adv. Nicely; accurately; with great perfection; as a work exquisitely finished; exquisitely written. 1. With keen sensation or with nice perception. We feel pain more exquisitely when nothing diverts our attention from it.
We see more exquisitely with one eye shut.
EXQUISITENESS
n.Nicety; exactness; accuracy; completeness; perfecton; as the exquisiteness of workmanship. 1. Keenness; sharpness; extremity; as the exquisiteness of pain or grief.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXQUISITE
Ex "qui *site, a. Etym: [L. exquisitus, p.p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See Quest. ]
1. 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.
2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
3. 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.
Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.
EXQUISITE
EXQUISITE Ex "qui *site, n.
Defn: One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
EXQUISITELY
EXQUISITELY Ex "qui *site *ly, adv.
Defn: In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought. To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it. Hawthorne.
EXQUISITENESS
EXQUISITENESS Ex "qui *site *ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being exquisite.
New American Oxford Dictionary
exquisite
ex quis ite |ekˈskwizit, ˈekskwizit ˈɛkˌskwɪzət | ▶adjective extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate: exquisite, jewellike portraits. • intensely felt: the most exquisite kind of agony. • highly sensitive or discriminating: her exquisite taste in painting. ▶noun a man who is affectedly concerned with his clothes and appearance; a dandy. DERIVATIVES ex quis ite ly adverb, ex quis ite ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘carefully ascertained, precise ’): from Latin exquisit- ‘sought out, ’ from the verb exquirere, from ex- ‘out ’ + quaerere ‘seek. ’
Oxford Dictionary
exquisite
exquisite |ˈɛkskwɪzɪt, ɪkˈskwɪzɪt, ɛk- | ▶adjective 1 extremely beautiful and delicate: exquisite, jewel-like portraits. 2 intensely felt: the most exquisite kind of agony. • highly sensitive or discriminating: her exquisite taste in painting. ▶noun literary a man who is affectedly concerned with his clothes and appearance; a dandy. DERIVATIVES exquisitely adverb, exquisiteness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘precise ’): from Latin exquisit- ‘sought out ’, from the verb exquirere, from ex- ‘out ’ + quaerere ‘seek ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
exquisite
exquisite adjective 1 exquisite antique glass: beautiful, lovely, elegant, fine; magnificent, superb, excellent, wonderful, ornate, well-crafted, well-made, perfect; delicate, fragile, dainty, subtle. 2 exquisite taste: discriminating, discerning, sensitive, selective, fastidious; refined, cultivated, cultured, educated. 3 exquisite agony: intense, acute, keen, piercing, sharp, severe, racking, excruciating, agonizing, harrowing, searing; unbearable, unendurable.
Oxford Thesaurus
exquisite
exquisite adjective 1 a piece of exquisite antique glass: beautiful, lovely, elegant, graceful; magnificent, superb, superlative, excellent, wonderful, well-crafted, well-made, well-executed, perfect; delicate, fragile, dainty, subtle; intricate, tasteful, fine, choice. ANTONYMS crude. 2 the garden was tended with exquisite taste: discriminating, discerning, sensitive, selective, fastidious; refined, cultivated, cultured, educated, appreciative; impeccable, polished, consummate. 3 an exquisite agony: intense, acute, keen, piercing, sharp, severe, racking, excruciating, agonizing, harrowing, torturous, tormenting, searing; unbearable, insufferable, unendurable, more than one can bear, more than flesh and blood can stand. ▶noun even among these snappy dressers, he was an exquisite: dandy, fop, beau, man about town, bright young thing, glamour boy, rake; dilettante, aesthete; informal swell, dude, sharp dresser, snappy dresser, natty dresser; archaic blade, blood.
Spanish Dictionary
exquisitez
exquisitez nombre femenino 1 Calidad, refinamiento y buen gusto extraordinarios :la exquisitez de la sala resalta aún más por el hecho de estar iluminada por una claraboya de cristales multicolores .2 Cosa exquisita :tenía una gran habilidad para preparar exquisiteces en muy poco tiempo .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
exquisite
ex qui site /ɪkskwɪ́zɪt, ékskwɪzɪt /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈製作品が 〉非常に美しく精巧な ▸ exquisite lace 精巧なレース ▸ exquisite works of art 精巧な芸術品 2 〈ふるまいやしぐさが 〉繊細で優美な , 上品な, 〈趣味などが 〉洗練された ▸ exquisite manners 上品な作法 3 ｟文 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗鋭い , 強烈な 〈痛み 〉(acute ); 無上の 〈喜び 〉.～ly 副詞 〖通例 形容詞 過分 の前で 〗精巧に, 優美に, 非常に .～ness 名詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary