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rouge

  [roozh] noun, verb, rouged, roug⋅ing.
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–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.
3. Canadian football.
–verb (used with object)
4. to color with rouge.
–verb (used without object)
5. to use rouge.
Origin:
1475–85; < F: red < L rubeus; akin to red 1
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rouge   (rōōzh)   
n.  

  1. A red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.

  2. A reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used to polish metals or glass.

v.   rouged, roug·ing, roug·es

v.   tr.

  1. To put rouge onto: rouged her cheeks.

  2. To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic: "Their job is to rouge up the war . . . to turn the horror into cheering press releases" (Richard Corliss).

v.   intr.
To use rouge.

[French, from Old French, red, from Latin rubeus; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

rouge 
1753, in cosmetic sense, from Fr. rouge "red coloring matter," from adj. "red," from L. rubeus, related to ruber "red." Replaced native paint in this sense. The verb is attested from 1777.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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