Definition of "recherché" [recherche]

• Exquisite; lavishly elegant and refined. (adjective)
• Exotic or obscure. (adjective)

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• "Arthurs’ Law and Learning report between what he called recherche sublime and the recherche ponctuelle that he dismissed as the work of"
• "On the whole, it was what the society reporter would call a recherche affair."
• "Participation by Imperial and Royal Government officials in the examinations ( 'recherche' in contrast with 'enquête judiciaire')."