réchauffé
Americannoun
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a warmed-up dish of food.
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anything old or stale brought into service again.
noun
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warmed-up leftover food
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old, stale, or reworked material
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of réchauffé
First recorded in 1795–1805; from French, past participle of réchauffer, equivalent to r(e)- re- + échauffer “to warm”; see chafe
Vocabulary lists containing rechauffe
Example Sentences
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This comedy is a réchauffé of The False Concord, by Rev. James Townley, many of the characters and much of the dialogue being preserved.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
This farce is a mere réchauffé of The Committee, by the hon. sir R. Howard.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Though the story is little more than a réchauffé of previous tales of terror, it evidently attained some measure of popularity.
From The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance by Birkhead, Edith
Boileau says, "Un diner réchauffé ne valut jamais rien."
From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Owen, Catherine
The piece is a réchauffé of a mediæval farce, which has the credit of being the first play not a "mystery" or a miracle piece in the records of the French drama.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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