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quaerere
Latin · ancient
"to seek"
to seek, combined with ex- (out)
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exquirere
Latin · ancient
"to search out carefully"
to search out carefully, from ex- and quaerere, with irregular past participle exquisitus
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exquisite
English · 1400s
"extremely beautiful, delicate, and carefully made"
settled as the English word for something extremely beautiful and carefully made
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