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exquisite
English
Etymology
From Latin exqu?s?tus, perfect passive participle of exqu?r? (“seek out”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?skw?z?t/, /??kskw?z?t/
Adjective
exquisite (comparative more exquisite, superlative most exquisite)
- Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
- Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
- (obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
- Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
- Of special beauty or rare excellence.
- Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
- Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
- his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite
Synonyms
- beautiful, delicate, discriminating, perfect
Translations
Noun
exquisite (plural exquisites)
- (rare) Fop, dandy. [from early 20th c.]
- 1849, Alexander Mackay, The western world; or, travels in the United States in 1846-87 (page 93)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1849, Alexander Mackay, The western world; or, travels in the United States in 1846-87 (page 93)
Translations
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
exquisite
- inflection of exquisit:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Latin
Participle
exqu?s?te
- vocative masculine singular of exqu?s?tus
References
- exquisite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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effeminate
English
Etymology
From Latin eff?min?tus, past participle of eff?min?, from f?mina (“woman”).
Pronunciation
- (adjective): IPA(key): /??f?m?n?t/
- (verb): IPA(key): /??f?m?ne?t/
Adjective
effeminate (comparative more effeminate, superlative most effeminate)
- (often derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.
- 1759, Richard Hurd, Moral and Political Dialogues
- An effeminate and unmanly foppery.
- 1759, Richard Hurd, Moral and Political Dialogues
- (obsolete) Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.
Synonyms
- camp, swish, epicene, effete, unmanly
Antonyms
- uneffeminate, noneffeminate, non-effeminate
Translations
Verb
effeminate (third-person singular simple present effeminates, present participle effeminating, simple past and past participle effeminated)
- (transitive, archaic) To make womanly; to unman.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.134:
- the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre.
- It will not corrupt or effeminate their [children's] minds.
- , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.134:
- (intransitive) To become womanly.
Noun
effeminate (plural effeminates)
- An effeminate person.
- 1976, Psychiatry (volumes 39-40, page 246)
- The effeminates are males with obviously recognizable traits and mannerisms; […]
- 1976, Psychiatry (volumes 39-40, page 246)
Related terms
- effeminacy
Italian
Adjective
effeminate
- feminine plural of effeminato
Latin
Verb
eff?min?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of eff?min?
References
- effeminate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- effeminate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- effeminate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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