Rengaine
/ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/noun
A tired old saying, refrain, or worn-out repeated phrase.
Did you know?French rengaine comes from re- + gaine, tied to the idea of a repeated refrain or tune, and it later came to mean a stale, overused phrase.
Etymological Timeline
Old French
OF
rechanter
“to sing again; to repeat a song or refrain”
Late Old French / Middle French
OF/MF
re- + gaine
“a repeated refrain or tune, something sung again”
16th Century
French
rengaine
“a refrain, repeated song line, or repeated tune”
Modern English
English
rengaine
“a stale or trite repeated saying”