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Definition of recherché adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

recherché

adjective

NAmE//rəˌʃɛrˈʃeɪ//

(from French) (formal) (usually disapproving)

unusual and not easy to understand, chosen in order to impress people

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