recherché

as inprecious
as inrare
as inrare
as inselect
as instandout
as inunmarred
as incontrived
as indainty
as indelicate
as indeluxe
as inelegant
as inexquisite
as ingood

Synonyms for recherché

adj expensive; rare

Antonyms for recherché

Word Origin & History

1722, from French recherché "carefully sought out," past participle of rechercher "to seek out" (12c.), from re-, here perhaps suggesting repeated activity (see re-) + chercher "to search," from Latin circare, in Late Latin "to wander hither and thither," from circus "circle" (see circus). Commonly used 19c. of food, styles, etc., to denote obscure excellence.

Example Sentences for recherché

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'.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I talked scandal, and was never abashed—that was more than enough to make me recherche among the matrons of the other.

recherché

Synonyms for recherché

Antonyms for recherché

More words related to recherché

contrived

daintier

dainty

delicate

deluxe

elegant