re|chauf|fé

re|chauf|fé
re|chauf|fé «RAY shoh FAY», noun, plural -fés «-FAY».
1. a warmed-up dish of food.
2. Figurative. a rehash, as of literary material.
[< French réchauffé (literally) warmed over < ré- again + échauffer to warm up < e- out, ex-1 + Old French chaufer. Compare etym. under chafe. (Cf.chafe)]

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