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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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transcendent
English
Etymology
From transcend +? -ent, or borrowed from Latin tr?nscend?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?æn(t)?s?nd?nt/
Adjective
transcendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)
- surpassing usual limits
- supreme in excellence
- beyond the range of usual perception
- free from constraints of the material world
Related terms
Noun
transcendent (plural transcendents)
- That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tr?nscend?ns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tr?n.s?n?d?nt/
- Hyphenation: trans?cen?dent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
transcendent (not comparable)
- (mathematic) transcendental, not algebraic
Inflection
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???.s??d/
Verb
transcendent
- third-person plural present indicative of transcender
- third-person plural present subjunctive of transcender
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tran?sken.dent/, [t??ä???s?k?n?d??n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tran??en.dent/, [t???n?????n?d??n?t?]
Verb
tr?nscendent
- third-person plural future active indicative of tr?nscend?
Romanian
Etymology
From French transcendant, from Latin transcendens.
Adjective
transcendent m or n (feminine singular transcendent?, masculine plural transcenden?i, feminine and neuter plural transcendente)
- transcendent
Declension
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