exquisite
intense or sharp
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,823 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,874 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- intense or sharp also: keen suffered exquisite painfelt exquisite pleasure
- lavishly elegant and refined also: recherche
- delicately beautiful also: dainty a dainty teacupan exquisite cameo
- of extreme beauty her exquisite face
exquisite in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Here he found a lovely meadow full of green trees and exquisite flowers.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Yet they wished to deprive her of this exquisite treasure, this peerless comfort for the soul!
Barbara Blomberg — Volume 08 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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I had a strange feeling that fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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She conducted me up the staircase and into the most exquisite bedroom I have ever dreamed of in my life.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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Who, today, could imbue a translation of the Golden Ass with the exquisite flavor of William Adlington's unscholarly version of that masterpiece?
The Satyricon — Volume 01: Introduction · 20-66 Petronius Arbiter · Chapter 1