recherché

• recherche

Borrowed from French recherché; more at French rechercher.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˌʃɛɹˈʃeɪ/
• Hyphenation: re‧cher‧ché
• Rhymes: -eɪ

recherché (comparative more recherché, superlative most recherché)

1. Sought out and chosen with care.
   • 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.

2. (by extension) Of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness, especially with an artificial or pretentious effect.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:recherché.

• research

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/

recherché (feminine recherchée, masculine plural recherchés, feminine plural recherchées)

1. past participle of rechercher

recherché (feminine recherchée, masculine plural recherchés, feminine plural recherchées)

1. sought-after

   Synonyms: couru, demandé, fréquenté, suivi

   1. prized, valued

      Synonyms: apprécié, cher, chéri, estimé, précieux

   2. desired, coveted

      Synonym: convoité

2. marked by careful or laborious effort
   1. meticulous (evidencing careful or laborious effort)

      Synonyms: diligent, méticuleux, rigoureux, soigné, soigneux

   2. obtained or achieved by careful or laborious effort; immaculate, sharp, well-groomed

      Synonyms: soigné, travaillé

3. evidencing careful reflection or studious research; refined, sophisticated, exquisite

   Synonyms: élégant, étudié, exquis, précieux, raffiné, savant, sophistiqué

   une langue très recherchée ― a very refined language

4. (derogatory) unnatural, affected, contrived, overwrought, labored, tortured (as an obvious result of excessive effort or attempts at refinement)

   Synonyms: affecté, affété, alambiqué, apprêté, contourné, maniéré, mignard, ostentatoire, pompeux, précieux, prétentieux, théâtral, tourmenté, travaillé, voulu

• “recherché”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.