exquisitism

[Eng. exquisit (e); -ism.] The state, quality, or characteristics of an exquisite or dandy; coxcombry, foppery. *ěx-quiş-1-tive, a . [Formed, with pref. ex , on analogy of inquisitive (q. v.).] Curious, inquisitive; eager to discover or know. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; "Great heats and droughts exsiccate and waste the moisture and vegetative nature of the earth."-Mortimer: Husbandry. ěx-sic-ca-tion, s. [ Lat._exsiccatio, from ex siccatus, pa par. of exsicco; Fr. exsiccation; Ital. e icazione.] 1. The act, operation, or proce of drying up; evaporation of moisture. "That which is concreted by exsiccation , or expre ion of humidity, will be resolved by humectation: as earth, dirt, and clay."- Browne : Vulgar Errors , bk. ii., ch. i. 2. The state of being dried up; dryne . "Much exsiccation of the body and thirst is made by the pores."-Venner: Via Recta , p. 280.