EXQUISITIVE

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ETYMOLOGY
formed on exquisititious (adj.) from Latin exquīsīt- ppl. stem of exquīrĕre to search out

EXAMPLE
From: The Philosophical Transactions and Collections 
to the End of the Year MDCC (1700)
By John Lowthorp, Volume III, 1731
Chapter II, Chronology, History, Antiquities