Definition of "exquisitism" []

• The state, quality, or character of an exquisite; coxcombry; dandyism; foppishness. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In short, there is in their whole nature, a more roving, liberal, Continental character of dissipation, than belongs to the cold, tame, dull, prim, hedge-clipped indolence of more national exquisitism."