recherché
/ɹəˌʃɛɹˈʃeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Sought out and chosen with care; choice; exquisite.
adj
Example Sentences
- "Mangostanes, the recherché fruit of the Straits Settlements, are found in the Islands of Mindanao and Sulu."
- "Stevens opened the door and proceeded to bring in a most recherché meal. An omelette was followed by quails and the very lightest things in soufflés."
- "The evening meal was "a repast of most recherché description," involving an endless series of toasts to almost everybody (with the notable exception of the other railway already serving Brentford, which came in for some hard knocks from various speakers)."
- "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."
- "After runway shows he [Jonathan Anderson] seems unfazed by the hectic scrum encircling him as he expounds on the various recherché influences behind the collection."
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:recherché."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹəˌʃɛɹˈʃeɪ/