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rouge
[roozh] 
noun, verb, rouged, roug⋅ing.–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. |
Canadian football
–noun
| a game similar to American football but played on a field 165 yd. by 65 yd. (151 m by 59 m) by two teams of 12 players each. |
Also called rouge.
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| rouge (rōōzh) n.
v. tr.
To use rouge. [French, from Old French, red, from Latin rubeus; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Rouge
Rouge\, a. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be red, ruber red. See Red.] red. [R.] Rouge et noir[F., red and black], a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. --Hoyle.Rouge
Rouge\, n. [F.]1. (Chem.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc. 2. A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine. --Ure.Rouge
Rouge\, v. t. To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : rouge
Spanish:
sonrojado,
German:
rot,
Japanese:
紅潮した
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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