Word to the Wise: Recherche

Something that’s "recherche" (ruh-sher-SHAY) – from the French for "to seek out" – is either (1) rare or exotic, or (2) pretentious.

Example (as used by Angela Carter in Shaking a Leg): "She was mocking the pretensions of the cookery writer who insists on recherche ingredients not because of their qualities but their snob value."

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