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‖ réchauffé, n. and a.|reʃofe|
Also rechauffe, réchauffée.
[F., pa. pple. of réchauffer to warm up again, f. re- + échauffer: see re- and chafe v.]
A. n. A warmed-up dish; hence fig. something old served up or presented again, esp. a rehash of literary matter.
1805Edin. Rev. Apr. 133 It is really wasting time to confute this réchauffé of a theory. 1851E. Ward Jrnl. 5 Feb. (1951) 123 Took tea with the Godleys, met the Russells, and had a rechauffe both of the ball supper and the ball gossip. 1864Q. Rev. July 83 A réchauffé of the forgotten criticisms of one of our old English deists. 1870R. Broughton Red as Rose I. xiii. 272 A réchauffé of one's own stale speeches is not an appetising dish. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Mar. 337/2 The main objection to the book is that it is a réchauffé... Stevenson's contribution now bears a family resemblance to his piece then. 1977Times 3 Sept. 10/5 Cru de Meynas..is a useful bottle for casual meals of cold game or réchauffées.
B. adj. Of food: reheated. Also fig., rehashed.
1909Webster, Réchauffé..p.a. masc., réchauffée..p.a. fem... Warmed over;—of a dish food. Also fig. 1921Sat. Westm. Gaz. 17 Sept. 14/1 Professor Wendell..frequently inserts what the dust-cover or jacket of the English edition denominates his ‘humanity’ between a hackneyed quotation and a platitude tastefully rechauffé. 1977Gramophone Feb. 1307/1 These, then, are humdrum, rechauffé performances full of gestures by rote. 1977Broadcast 19 Dec. 16/2 Canned laughter: Artificial sauce used to season rechauffe mirth.
Hence rechauffeed ppl. a. = sense B above.
1883E. W. Hamilton Diary 3 Feb. (1972) II. 395 The programme, to which he leans in addition to the unexciting non-contentious, rechauffeed bills, is Metropolitan Government and Local Government for Ireland. |