exquisite
ek-SKWIZ-itadjMeaning extremely beautiful, fine and delicate
Memory hook EX-QUIS: SOUGHT OUT, the finest. Lin searched every shop in the city for the finest teacup, and the one she finally found, painted with tiny gold birds, is exquisite.
The tiny ship inside the bottle was exquisite, right down to its silk sails.
In context Every detail of the music box was exquisite: the dancer’s painted face was no bigger than a grain of rice, yet you could see her smile.
Similar beautiful, delicate, fine, elegant
Opposite crude, coarse, clumsy
From Latin exquisitus, “sought out, choice,” from exquirere: ex- (out) + quaerere (to seek).