Noah Webster's 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. Int. 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."