exquisite

Etymology

From Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“seek out”).

adj

1. Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
   They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.
   Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.
2. (obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
3. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
4. Of special beauty or rare excellence.
5. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
   exquisite pain or pleasure
6. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
   exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment

noun

1. (rare) Fop, dandy.
   It is impossible to meet with a more finished coxcomb than a Broadway exquisite, or a “Broadway swell,” which is the designation attached to him on the spot. 1849, Alexander Mackay, The western world; or, travels in the United States in 1846-87, page 93
   1925, P. G. Wodehouse, Sam the Sudden, Random House, London:2007, p. 42. So striking was his appearance that two exquisites, emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement. 'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite.