derechef
French edit
Etymology edit
From de + re- + chef, from the expression de rechef.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
derechef
- (literary, dated) once more, anew
- Synonym: de nouveau
- 1897, Jean de La Fontaine, “Le Dragon à plusieurs têtes”, in Fables:
- Me voilà saisi derechef / D’étonnement et d’épouvante.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (more common) immediately
Further reading edit
- “derechef”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.