exquisitive (ekskwizitiv)

[L. exquisi tus, pp. of exquirere, search out (see exquire, exquisite), + -ive.] Curious; eager to discover; particular. [Rare.] exquisitivelyt (eks-kwiz'i-tiv-li), adv. Curiously; minutely. To a man that had never seen an elephant, or a rhinoce ros, who should tell him most exquisitively all their shape, colour, bigne , and particular marks. Sir P. Sidney , Apol. for Poetrie. exquisitivene t (eks-kwiz'i-tiv-nes), Wrongly used for exquisitene . n. If this specimen of Slaw ken berg i us's tales, and the ex quisitivene of his moral, should please the world, trans fated shall a couple of volumes be. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, iii. 118. exsanguinate (ek-sang'gwi-nāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. exsanguinated , ppr. exsanguinating . [ exsanguinatus , deprived of blood, bloodle , as if pp. of * exsanguinare , ex- priv. + sanguinare , be bloody.] To render bloodle . exsanguine (ek-sang'gwin), a. [ Such versicles, exsanguine and pithle , yield neither pleasure nor profit. Lamb, To Barton. IMG:content-0949.png:[blocks in formation] 2089