ré·chauf·fé

(rā′shō-fā′)

n. 1. Warmed leftover food. 2. Old material reworked or rehashed.

[French, past participle of réchauffer , to reheat, warm over, from Old French rechaufer : re- , re- + echaufer , to warm (from Vulgar Latin *excalefāre : Latin ex- , intensive pref.; see ex- + Latin calefacere , to warm; see chafe).]

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