exquisito

Latin

Participle

exquīsītō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of exquīsītus

Portuguese

Adjective

exquisito (feminine exquisita, masculine plural exquisitos, feminine plural exquisitas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of esquisito.
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 94:

     Ouvindo aquella proposta exquisita e quasi que offensiva, alguns sorriram, indignaram se^[sic] outros, franzindo os sobrolhos, e um pesado silencio constrangido cahiu n’aquella sala ha pouco tão sonora de vozes, de risos e do fino tilintar da prata e dos crystaes.

     Hearing that weird and almost offensive proposal, some smiled, others were outraged, raised their eyebrows, and a heavy, embarassing silence fell on that room, so recently brimming with voices, laughing, and the high-pitched clinking of silver and glasses.

   • 1884, Aluísio Azevedo, chapter III, in Casa de Pensão, 3rd edition, Rio de Janeiro: H. Garnier Livreiro-Editor, published 1899, page 46:

     O Paiva encarregára-se do menu. Estava radiante; parecia empenhado na direcção do almoço, como si se tratasse de um trabalho difficil e glorioso. Escolhia pratos exquisitos e determinava os vinhos que os deviam acompanhar.

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Noun

exquisito m (plural exquisitos, feminine exquisita, feminine plural exquisitas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of esquisito.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exquīsītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡskiˈsito/ [eɣ̞s.kiˈsi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ex‧qui‧si‧to

Adjective

exquisito (feminine exquisita, masculine plural exquisitos, feminine plural exquisitas)

1. exquisite
2. delicious

Derived terms

• exquisitamente
• exquisitez

Further reading

• “exquisito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10