/booh teek"/ , n.
1. a small shop or a small specialty department within a larger store, esp. one that sells fashionable clothes and accessories or a special selection of other merchandise.
2. any small, exclusive business offering customized service: Our advertising is handled by a new Madison Avenue boutique.
3. Informal. a small business, department, etc., specializing in one aspect of a larger industry: one of Wall Street's leading research boutiques.
adj.
4. of, designating, or characteristic of a small, exclusive producer or business: one of California's best boutique wineries.
[ 1760-70; botica, botiga (with LGk e > i ) apothéke; see APOTHECARY, BOTTEGA ]