recherchéadj.

Brit.

/rəˈʃɛːʃeɪ/, U.S.

/rəˌʃɛrˈʃeɪ/

Forms: 1600s recherchee, 1700s recherchè, 1700s– recherché, 1700s– recherchée, 1800s récherché, 1900s– recherche.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French recherché.

Etymology: < French recherché affected, unnatural (1580 in Middle French), desirable, prized (1601 or earlier), unusual, well-crafted (1690), use as adjective of past participle of rechercher research v.¹

Rare, choice, exotic; far-fetched, obscure. N.E.D. (1904) notes ‘Common in 19th cent., esp. of meals, articles of food or drink, and dress.’

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > choice or excellent

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > rare

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1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair ii. 18 That thought's very recherchee.

1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 121 This Excuse may be thought too partial, and Recherchè.

1776 H. Walpole Corr. (1857) VI. 310 Sly as Montesquieu without being so recherché.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xxviii. 69 At Henry's mansion, then,..Was Juan a recherché, welcome guest.

1838 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 19 May in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) I. xix. 287 A quiet recherché dinner at the Albion.

1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 608/1 A tasteful and récherché stock of frames and feathers and ribbons.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xv. 197 Never has Zenith seen a more recherche affair than the Ceylon dinner-dance given last evening.

1970 I. Murdoch Fairly Honourable Defeat i. v. 55 The smell..was fresh and bitter and at the same time nauseating. Hilda wondered if it were not caused by some extremely recherché form of dry rot.

1986 Music & Lett. Oct. 429 Dr. Nicolodi's literary style is complex, her vocabulary large and sometimes recherché.

2007 Guardian (Nexis) 16 June (Weekend Suppl.) 21 I'm the sort of person people describe as ‘interesting looking’—as if they were proud of themselves for their sophisticated and recherché taste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recherché
释义	recherchéadj. Brit. /rəˈʃɛːʃeɪ/, U.S. /rəˌʃɛrˈʃeɪ/ Forms: 1600s recherchee, 1700s recherchè, 1700s– recherché, 1700s– recherchée, 1800s récherché, 1900s– recherche. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French recherché. Etymology: < French recherché affected, unnatural (1580 in Middle French), desirable, prized (1601 or earlier), unusual, well-crafted (1690), use as adjective of past participle of rechercher research v.¹ Rare, choice, exotic; far-fetched, obscure. N.E.D. (1904) notes ‘Common in 19th cent., esp. of meals, articles of food or drink, and dress.’ ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] > choice or excellent chisa700 ycorec900 trya1300 walea1325 richc1330 choice1340 tried1362 chief1519 select1590 selected1605 recherché1689 tid1727 pick1790 selectable1836 beauty1895 plum1923 shit-kicking1961 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > rare rare1447 rathe1548 unvulgar1605 uncommon1611 rarachose1676 recherché1689 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair ii. 18 That thought's very recherchee. 1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 121 This Excuse may be thought too partial, and Recherchè. 1776 H. Walpole Corr. (1857) VI. 310 Sly as Montesquieu without being so recherché. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII xxviii. 69 At Henry's mansion, then,..Was Juan a recherché, welcome guest. 1838 H. W. Longfellow Jrnl. 19 May in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) I. xix. 287 A quiet recherché dinner at the Albion. 1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 608/1 A tasteful and récherché stock of frames and feathers and ribbons. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xv. 197 Never has Zenith seen a more recherche affair than the Ceylon dinner-dance given last evening. 1970 I. Murdoch Fairly Honourable Defeat i. v. 55 The smell..was fresh and bitter and at the same time nauseating. Hilda wondered if it were not caused by some extremely recherché form of dry rot. 1986 Music & Lett. Oct. 429 Dr. Nicolodi's literary style is complex, her vocabulary large and sometimes recherché. 2007 Guardian (Nexis) 16 June (Weekend Suppl.) 21 I'm the sort of person people describe as ‘interesting looking’—as if they were proud of themselves for their sophisticated and recherché taste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1689
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