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rouge

1

[ roozh ]

noun

  1. any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
  2. a reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, etc.


verb (used with object)

rouged, rouging.
  1. to color with rouge.

verb (used without object)

rouged, rouging.
  1. to use rouge.

rouge

2

[ roozh ]

adjective

French.
  1. red; noting the red numbers in roulette.

rouge

/ ː /

noun

  1. a red powder, used as a cosmetic for adding redness to the cheeks
  2. short for jeweller's rouge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to apply rouge to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·dzܲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rouge1

1475–85; < French: red < Latin rubeus; akin to red 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rouge1

C18: from French: red, from Latin rubeus
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Her ensemble is accented with abundant gold jewelry and a variety of red splashes in wrist- and hair-bows, brightly rouged cheeks and a feathered headdress.

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I scooped up a pét-nat rouge, a rosé and a red blend on my way out of town at Yakima’s Apple Valley Emporium, a combination skateboard and bottle shop.

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They gather flowers and spread them at the door; Butterfly rouges her cheeks and puts on the wedding garments she wore the night she and the lieutenant fell in love.

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Instead of wearing lipstick or rouge, I darken my eyebrows.

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A 9-year-old girl in heavy rouge and a red two-piece leotard does a standing split outside, tugging her knee above her head.

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