Definition for EX'QUI-SITE-NESS

EX'QUI-SITE-NESS, n.

  1. Nicety; exactness; accuracy; completeness; perfection; as, the exquisiteness of workmanship.
  2. Keenness; sharpness; extremity; as, the exquisiteness of pain or grief.

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