Definitions
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- adjective Exquisite; lavishly elegant and refined.
- adjective Exotic or obscure.
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Examples
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Arthurs’ Law and Learning report between what he called recherche sublime and the recherche ponctuelle that he dismissed as the work of
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Arthurs’ Law and Learning report between what he called recherche sublime and the recherche ponctuelle that he dismissed as the work of
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Arthurs’ Law and Learning report between what he called recherche sublime and the recherche ponctuelle that he dismissed as the work of
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On the whole, it was what the society reporter would call a recherche affair.
Letters of Franklin K. Lane Franklin Knight Lane 1892
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Participation by Imperial and Royal Government officials in the examinations ( 'recherche' in contrast with 'enquête judiciaire').
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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They were the best we had found any where, and the most 'recherche'.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 06 Mark Twain 1872
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Blissful, unquestionably -- we know that well enough but would it be 'distingue,' would it be 'recherche' without him?
The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches Mark Twain 1872
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They were the best we had found any where, and the most 'recherche'.
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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'recherche' is, but that is what these donkeys were, anyhow.
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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'recherche' is, but that is what these donkeys were, anyhow.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 06 Mark Twain 1872
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