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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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flawless
English
Etymology
From flaw +? -less (suffix meaning ‘without (something)’).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fl??l?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fl?l?s/
- Rhymes: -??l?s
- Hyphenation: flaw?less
Adjective
flawless (comparative more flawless, superlative most flawless)
- Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.
- Synonyms: faultless, impeccable; see also Thesaurus:flawless
- Antonyms: flawed, flawful
Derived terms
- flawlessly
- flawlessness
Related terms
- flaw
- flawed
- unflawed
Translations
References
Further reading
- flawless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- flawless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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