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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.

2. (a.) Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.

3. (a.) of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.

4. (n.) One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

EXQUISITE

eks'-kwi-sit (akribes):

The Greek word means "accurate" "searched out," equivalent to exquisitus from which "exquisite" is derived. It also means in argument "close," "subtle." In Ecclesiasticus 18:29, we have, "They poured forth exquisite parables," the Revised Version (British and American) "apt proverbs," and 19:25, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American)

"There is an exquisite subtleity, and the same is unjust."

Strong's Hebrew

6027. oneg -- daintiness, exquisite delight
... 6026, 6027. oneg. 6028 . daintiness, exquisite delight. Transliteration:
oneg Phonetic Spelling: (o'-neg) Short Definition: delight. ...
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8588. taanug -- daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight
... 8587, 8588. taanug. 8589 . daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight. Transliteration:
taanug Phonetic Spelling: (tah-an-oog') Short Definition: charms. ...
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Library

As He Thus Spoke, Slowly and with an Exquisite Softness...
... XVI. As he thus spoke, slowly and with an exquisite softness� As he thus
spoke, slowly and with an exquisite softness, something ...
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The Glory of Jesus and Mary.
... of color and every degree of beauty, it never enters into our minds that they grew
so of themselves, or gave to themselves their delicate and exquisite perfumes ...
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Social Joys of Heaven.
... The pleasures enjoyed in his company are not only exquisite"they are also sanctifying. ...
Meditate well, Christian soul, on these exquisite delights. ...
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That the Supreme Cause and Author of all Things must of Necessity ...
... The proof à posteriori, of the infinite wisdom of God, from the consideration of
the exquisite perfection and consummate excellency of his works, is no less ...
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The Spirituality of the Risen Body.
... They were its very life. But now that it is changed into a beautiful butterfly,
it lives on the honey and exquisite perfume of flowers. ...
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The Life of the Blessed in Heaven.
... It also gives the most exquisite consolation to those who, on account of peculiar
difficulties in the practice of virtue, have been fatigued and wearied almost ...
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Grace and Truth Coupled.
... And then John does a bit of exquisite packing of much in little. ... They tell the exquisite
poise that is in everything God does. Truth is the back-bone of grace. ...
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Pleasures of the Glorified Senses.
... Still, we may form some idea of them by reflecting on the exquisite delights which
reach our soul through our senses, in our present state of imperfection. ...
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Several Errors to be Avoided in Our Meditations on Heaven.
... or making little of the Beatific Vision, after the resurrection, and letting our
mind pass from creature to creature, gathering exquisite pleasures from each ...
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Degrees of Enjoyment through the Glorified Senses.
... They, too, are to receive a supernatural development, an exquisite delicacy of
perception, and power of conveying pleasures to the soul, in proportion to the ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/chapter xv degrees of enjoyment.htm

Thesaurus

Exquisite
... or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice;
delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship. ...
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Thrill (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to
have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to ...
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Nero
... 44), "he falsely charged with the guilt, and punished with the most exquisite tortures,
the persons commonly called Christians, who are hated for their ...
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Extend (35 Occurrences)

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Ostrich (9 Occurrences)
... These exquisite feathers were first used to decorate the headdress and shields of
desert chieftains, then as decorations for royalty, and later for hat and ...
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Onesimus (2 Occurrences)
... And Paul does this for him both in the Epistle to the Colossians and in that to
Philemon. With what exquisite delicacy is Onesimus introduced! ...
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Fine (184 Occurrences)
... overdecorated; showy. 3. (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful;
skillful; dexterous. 4. (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy. 5 ...
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Expulsion (1 Occurrence)

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Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)
... sermon (Acts 2), he that opens the door of the gospel to the Gentileworld in the
house of the Roman soldier, Cornelius, and has the exquisite delight of ...
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Delicate (32 Occurrences)
... 12. (a.) Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive;
exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music. 13. ...
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Subtopics

Exquisite

Related Terms

Thrill (2 Occurrences)

Nero

Extend (35 Occurrences)

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)

Onesimus (2 Occurrences)

Fine (184 Occurrences)

Expulsion (1 Occurrence)

Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)

Delicate (32 Occurrences)