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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Uncommon; rare.
  2. adj. Exquisite; choice.
  3. adj. Overrefined; forced.
  4. adj. Pretentious; overblown.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Much sought after; hence, out of the common; rare; dainty.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind — especially with an artificial or pretentious effect.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Sought out with care; choice. of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. lavishly elegant and refined

Etymologies

  1. Borrowing from French recherché, more at French rechercher. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, past participle of rechercher, to research, from Old French recercher; see research. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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