réchauffé

American  

[rey-shoh-fey] / reɪ ʃoʊˈfeɪ /

noun

plural

réchauffés

1. a warmed-up dish of food.

2. anything old or stale brought into service again.

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réchauffé British  

/ reʃofe /

noun

1. warmed-up leftover food

2. old, stale, or reworked material

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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

Example Sentences

The judge wrote a pamphlet, entitled "Religion without Superstition"—a crude réchauffé of the usual sceptical arguments which have been propounded a thousand times before and infinitely better expressed.

From Six Letters From the Colonies by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)

Let any man who eats bread at any very cheap place in the capital take warning, if his stomach goes against the idea of a réchauffé of bread from the dust-hole.

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by Bartlett, David W.

The landlord spurs his guests to fresh attack,  With fricassee, réchauffé and omelets; A toothsome feast that Apicius would fain have served,  While wine, divine, new zeal in all begets.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

All the dishes were excellent and suited me far better than the wearisome, academical courses of saltless, leathery dried fish and cabbage réchauffé, which were served to me in Göttingen.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

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