Picked

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Middle English (earlier as pike, which continues in dialect use): of unknown origin. Compare with Dutch pikken ‘pick, peck’, and German picken ‘peck, puncture’, also with French piquer ‘to prick’.

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picked (adj.)

"chosen for excellence, specially selected," hence "choicest, best," 1540s, past-participle adjective from pick (v.).