Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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exquisite

/ɪkˈskwɪzɪt/ adjective, noun

Forms exquisites

  1. adjective Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional. “They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.”
  2. adjective (obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
  3. adjective Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
  4. adjective Of special beauty or rare excellence.
  5. adjective Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense. “exquisite pain or pleasure”
  6. adjective Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious. “exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment”
  7. noun (rare) Fop, dandy.

Synonyms

beautiful delicate discriminating perfect macaroni popinjay barbermonger beau blade blood buck carpet knight cockscomb dandy dike dood dude dudelet fashionable fast man keen recherche dainty

Etymology

From Latin exquīsītus (“to be outsought”), perfect passive participle of exquīrō (“to outseek”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
  2. adjective Exceeding; extreme; keen; --used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
  3. noun One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

Etymology [L. exquisitus, p.p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See Quest.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “exquisite”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “exquisite” (best matches first).