WordReference.com English Dictionary
See Also:
express rifle
expression
expressionism
expressive
expresso
expressway
expropriate
expulsion
expunge
expurgate
exquisite
exsanguination
exsert
exsolve
ext.
extant
extemporaneous
extemporary
extempore
extemporize
extend
expression
expressionism
expressive
expresso
expressway
expropriate
expulsion
expunge
expurgate
exquisite
exsanguination
exsert
exsolve
ext.
extant
extemporaneous
extemporary
extempore
extemporize
extend
Links:
- Abbreviations
- Pron. Symbols
- Forums
- Support WR
- Link to WR
- API
- Suggestions
- Click on word:
Recent searches:
Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!
exquisite: |
in Spanish | in French | in Italian English synonyms| in context | images |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exquisite /ˈɛkskwɪzɪt, ɪkˈskwɪzɪt, ɛk-/
▶adjective
- 1 very beautiful and delicate.
- 2 intensely felt.
■ highly sensitive: exquisite taste.
– derivatives
exquisitely adverb,
exquisiteness noun.
exquisitely adverb,
exquisiteness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘precise’): from L. exquisit-, exquirere ‘seek out’.
'exquisite' also found in these Oxford entries:
Forum discussions with the word(s) "exquisite" in the title:
Look up "exquisite" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "exquisite" at dictionary.com
In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic
Copyright © 2012 WordReference.com
Please report any problems.