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Recherché

//ɹəˌʃɛɹˈʃeɪ// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sought out and chosen with care; choice; exquisite.

    "Mangostanes, the recherché fruit of the Straits Settlements, are found in the Islands of Mindanao and Sulu."

  2. 2
    Exotic; of rare quality, elegance, attractiveness, etc.
  3. 3
    Precious, pretentious, affected. broadly

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:recherché."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French recherché; more at French rechercher. Doublet of ricercata.

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