Middle English Dictionary Entry
exquisīt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | exquisīt adj. |
| Etymology | L exquīsīt-us. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Searching, careful, expert (investigation or discussion); carefully chosen, choice (remedies); (b) far-fetched, extreme (methods).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)46b/a : Causez of ydropisy..owe for to resceyue of phisicionz perfite & exquisite inquiryng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)160a/a : For it were to longe for to exemplifie singulerly of þise [medicynez laxatyuez]..I leue of þe exquisite .i. serched tretyng of þam to lordez & maistrez of phisic.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)134b/b : Speciale cure & exquisite [L exquisita] perteneþ to lordes or maistrez phisiciens.
b
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)119 : But the grettest harme that comyth of a kynges pouerte is, that he shal bi necessite be arted to fynde exquysite meanes of geytinge of good.