Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX'QUI-SITE, a. [s as z. L. exquisitus, from exquiro; ex and quæro, to seek.]

1. Literally, sought out or searched for with care; whence, choice; select. Hence,
2. Nice; exact; very excellent; complete; as, a vase of exquisite workmanship.
3. Nice; accurate; capable of nice perception; as, exquisite sensibility.
4. Nice; accurate; capable of nice discrimination; as, exquisite judgment, taste or discernment.
5. Being in the highest degree; extreme; as, to relish pleasure in an exquisite degree. So we say, exquisite pleasure or pain. The most exquisite of human satisfactions flows from an approving conscience. J. M. Mason.
6. Very sensibly felt; as, a partial and exquisite impression on the nerves. Cheyne.