# exquisite

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ · frequency rank #12,769

## Definitions
1. Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
2. Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
3. Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
4. Of special beauty or rare excellence.
5. Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
6. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.

## Etymology
From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“I outseek”).

## Easily confused with
- **exquisitely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exquisite-vs-exquisitely)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eqxuisite`, `exqiusite`, `exqquisite`, `exquiiste`, `exquisiet`, `exquisitte`, `exquissite`, `exquistie`, `exqusiite`, `exuqisite`, `exxquisite`, `xequisite`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/exquisite