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recherché (ruh-sher-SHAY) adjective

1. Uncommon; rare.
2. Exquisite; choice.
3. Overrefined; forced.
4. Pretentious; overblown.

[French, past participle of rechercher, to research, from Old French recercher. See research.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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Recherch'e \Re*cher`ch['e]“\, a. [F.] Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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adj : lavishly elegant and refined [syn: exquisite]

Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Christmas has just past, but the spirit has not yet faded. Hopefully we all found something under the tree, or in a stocking, or in our time with family, we would describe thus, as far as uncommon or rare goes.