Definitions for recherche

recherche re·cher·ché

Spelling: [ruh-shair-shey, ruh-shair-shey; Recherche is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in recherche (cceeehhrr).

Definitions for recherche

adjective

  1. sought out with care.
  2. very rare, exotic, or choice; arcane; obscure.
  3. of studied refinement or elegance; precious; affected; pretentious.

Origin of recherche

1715-25; French, past participle of rechercher to search for carefully; see research

Examples for recherche

I do not know what 'recherche' is, but that is what these donkeys were, anyhow.

They were the best we had found any where, and the most 'recherche'.

Washington is the hot-bed of gayety, and general headquarters for the recherche business.

A similar effect is produced in one of Balzac's finest stories, the 'recherche de l'Absolu.'

The refreshments and the supper, both of the most recherche description, were supplied by Mr. Wilson, of this city.

From the literary point of view the recherche is one of the most considerable books of the philosophical class ever produced.

I first read A la recherche du Temps Perdus in the summer I turned 17, and I have to say, it scared the hell out of me.

We had now altogether lost sight of the Archipelago of the recherche.

I have just returned from a polite and recherche party here.

The recherche de la Vrit (1674-75) was admirably written and was widely read.

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