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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
exquisThe emotion they gave me was exquisite, but I could not preserve it, nor could I indefinitely repeat it; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me.
exquisThe tourists were fascinated with the exquisite scenery.
exquisThis is an exquisite little painting.

WordNet (3.0)
exquisite(adj) intense or sharp, Syn. keen, Example: suffered exquisite pain; felt exquisite pleasure
exquisite(adj) lavishly elegant and refined, Syn. recherche
exquisite(adj) of extreme beauty, Example: her exquisite face
exquisiteness(n) extreme beauty of a delicate sort

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Exquisite

a. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of reach and exquisite form. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment. [ 1913 Webster ]

His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite. Fuller.

Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exquisite

n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exquisitely

adv. In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought. [ 1913 Webster ]

To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exquisiteness

n. Quality of being exquisite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Exquisitive

a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [ Obs. ] Todd. -- Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

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