s as z. Literally, sought out or searched for with care; whence, choice; select. Hence,

Nice; exact; very excellent; complete; as a vase of exquisite workmanship.

Nice; accurate; capable of nice perception; as exquisite sensibility.

Nice; accurate; capable of nice discrimination; as exquisite judgment, taste or discernment.

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.

Very sensibly felt; as a painful and exquisite impression on the nerves.