exquisitely
/ˌeksˈkwɪzɪtli/eks-KWIH-zit-lee
/ˌɛksˈkwɪzɪtli/eks-KWIH-zit-lee
Meaningin an exquisite way
Common meaning: with great beauty or delicacy
- exout
- quisitto seek, askLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1501 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘out’ + ‘to seek, ask’ → exquisitely
Journey through time
- Latinquaerō, quaesīvī, quaesītum‘to seek, ask’
- Englishexquisite‘delicately beautiful’
- Englishformed in English from exquisiteexquisitely‘with great beauty or delicacy’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from exquisite + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXQUISITE, p.200 · scan
Roots
- quaerō, quaesīvī, quaesītum Latin “to seek, ask”
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