adj. & n.
adj. 1 extremely beautiful or delicate. 2 acute; keenly felt (exquisite pleasure). 3 keen; highly sensitive or discriminating (exquisite taste).
n. a person of refined (esp. affected) tastes. exquisitely adv. exquisiteness n.
[ ME f. L exquirere exquisit- (as EX-(1), quaerere seek) ]