exquisite vs knowing

exquisite

adj
  • Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse. 

  • Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional. 

  • Of special beauty or rare excellence. 

  • Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious. 

  • Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense. 

noun
  • Fop, dandy. 

knowing

adj
  • Deliberate, wilful. 

  • The ability to know something without being taught. 

  • Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. 

  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. 

  • Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning. 

  • Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic. 

prep
  • Given my knowledge about someone or something. 

noun
  • The act or condition of having knowledge. 

How often have the words exquisite and knowing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )