One way to picture it: something so finely made, down to the smallest detail, that it feels sought out and singled out from everything ordinary — and the feeling it gives you is sharp, not vague.
From the word’s history
From Latin exquisitus, the past participle of exquirere "to search out" (ex- "out" + quaerere "to seek") — literally something searched out, hence picked out as choice and refined.
來自拉丁文 exquīsītus，是 exquīrō「往外找、搜求」的完成被動分詞（ex-「向外」+ quaerō「尋找」），字面上就是「被特地找出來的」。這說明了為什麼 exquisite 不只是「漂亮」：它帶著「從一堆東西裡被挑出來、被求來」的味道，所以自然指向精挑細選之後才有的那種細緻。
Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō (as given in the entry's origin note)
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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
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exquisiteadj/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/
- 1
Especially or extraordinarily 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
obsoleteCarefully 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
- his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite
exquisitenoun/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/
- 1
rareFop, 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.
- When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.
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