recherché
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French recherché; more at French rechercher. Doublet of ricercata.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˌʃɛɹˈʃeɪ/
- Hyphenation: re‧cher‧ché
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Adjective
editrecherché (comparative more recherché, superlative most recherché)
- Sought out and chosen with care; choice; exquisite.
- 1892, John Foreman, The Philippine Islands, page 375:
- Mangostanes, the recherché fruit of the Straits Settlements, are found in the Islands of Mindanao and Sulu.
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 3:
- Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherché produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats.
- Exotic; of rare quality, elegance, attractiveness, etc.
- (by extension) Precious, pretentious, affected.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:recherché.
Related terms
editSee also
editFrench
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editrecherché (feminine recherchée, masculine plural recherchés, feminine plural recherchées)
Adjective
editrecherché (feminine recherchée, masculine plural recherchés, feminine plural recherchées)
- sought-after
- marked by careful or laborious effort
- meticulous (evidencing careful or laborious effort)
- Synonyms: diligent, méticuleux, rigoureux, soigné, soigneux
- obtained or achieved by careful or laborious effort; immaculate, sharp, well-groomed
- meticulous (evidencing careful or laborious effort)
- evidencing careful reflection or studious research; refined, sophisticated, exquisite
- (derogatory) unnatural, affected, contrived, overwrought, labored, tortured (as an obvious result of excessive effort or attempts at refinement)
References
edit- “recherché”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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