Part 4083

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<cs><col>Expurgatory Index</col>. <cd>See <cref>Index Expurgatorius</cref>, under <er>Index</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Expurge</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*purge"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>espurgier</ets>. See <er>Expurgate</er>.]</ety> <def>To purge away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Exquire</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*quire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exquirere</ets>. See <er>Exquisite</er>.]</ety> <def>To search into or out.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Exquisite</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"qui*site</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exquisitus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>exquirere</ets> to search out; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>quarere</ets> to seek, search. See <er>Quest</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; <as>as, <ex>exquisite</ex> workmanship</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Plate of rare device, and jewels Of reach and <b>exquisite</b> form. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have no <b>exquisite</b> reason for 't, but I have reason good enough. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; <as>as, <ex>exquisite</ex> pain or pleasure</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; <as>as, <ex>exquisite</ex> judgment, taste, or discernment</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was <b>exquisite</b>. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.</syn>

<h1>Exquisite</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"qui*site</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.</def>

<h1>Exquisitely</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"qui*site*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an exquisite manner or degree; <as>as, lace <ex>exquisitely</ex> wrought</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To a sensitive observer there was something <b>exquisitely</b> painful in it. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Exquisiteness</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex"qui*site*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being exquisite.</def>

<h1>Exquisitive</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*quis"i*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Eager to discover or learn; curious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Todd</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*quis"i*tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Exsanguine</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*san"guine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bloodless.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>