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retroussé

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ret⋅rous⋅sé

  [re-troo-sey; Fr. ruh-troo-sey]
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–adjective
(esp. of the nose) turned up.
Origin:
1830–40; < F, ptp. of retrousser, MF, equiv. to re- re- + trousser to turn, tuck up; see truss
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re·trous·sé   (rə-trōō-sā', rět'rōō-)   
adj.  Turned up at the end. Used of the nose.

[French, past participle of retrousser, to turn back, from Old French : re-, re- + torser, trousser, to tie in a bundle (probably from Vulgar Latin *torsāre, from *torsus, twisted, variant of Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre, to twist; see torque1).]
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