nuzzle(2) (iou) and exquisite (iou)

nuzzle(2) (iou)

nuzzle verb2 trans. Now rare. E16.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from NUZZLE verb1.]
Train, educate, nurture, (a person), esp. in a particular opinion, habit, or custom. Freq. foll. by up. E16-L17.
b. Impose upon, deceive. rare. L17-E18.
Accustom (a dog or hawk) to attacking Other animals or birds. M16-L17.
Nurse, cherish; provide with a snug place of rest. L16.

exquisite (iou)

exquisite adjective, adverb, & noun. LME.
[Latin exquisitus pa. pple of exquirere search out, formed as EX-1 1 + quaerere search, seek.]
A. adjective.
Carefully ascertained or adjusted; accurate, exact; careful, precise. LME-M18.
Milton Be not over exquisite To cast the Fashion of uncertain evils.
b. Of a specified disease; accurately so named; typical, genuine. Only in 17.
a. Of language, expression, or terms: carefully or aptly chosen; uncommon; affected, overlaboured. L15-L17.
b. Of an expedient, explanation, or reason: ingeniously devised, far-fetched. Of studies: abstruse. L15-M17.
Shakespeare Twelfth Night I have no exquisite reason for't, but I have reason good enough. G. Havers The English..well understand all the most exquisite points of Navigation.
c. Of Food and drink: carefully chosen; choice; dainty, delicious. Now rare or obsolete exc. as passing into sense 5. M16.
Elaborately devised or carried out, highly finished; carried to a high degree of perfection or completeness. obsolete (merged in sense 5). M16.
W. Cave Put to death with the most exquisite arts of torture. J. Strype Wherein he hath done such exquisite service to the Protestant cause.
b. Of a quality, disposition, or habit: cultivated to a high degree of intensity; consummate, extreme. M16.
James Mill The exquisite ignorance and stupidity of the Mysoreans in the Art of war.
Of a person: accomplished in a particular field; excellent, perfect. (Foll. by at, in, to do.) M16-E19.
B. Franklin A most exquisite mechanic.
Of such consummate excellence, Beauty, or perfection as to excite intense delight or admiration; of great delicacy or Beauty. L16.
P. H. Gibbs The rose Garden showed some exquisite blooms. Times Armed robbery, planned with exquisite skill by intelligent, determined men.
Of pain, pleasure, etc.: intense, acute; keenly felt. M17.
Of the power of (mental or physical) feeling, the senses, etc.: keenly sensitive to impressions; acutely susceptible to pain, pleasure, etc.; delicate, finely-strung. M17.
Ld Macaulay He had an exquisite ear, and performed skilfully on the flute.
b. adverb. Exquisitely. Now rare. E16.
C. noun. A person (esp. a man) who is overnice in dress etc.; a fop, a dandy. E19.
exquisitely adverb LME.
exquisiteness noun M16.
exquisitism noun (a) foppishness, dandyism; (b) rare overprecision: M19.
ex'quisitively adverb (rare) exquisitely M17.

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