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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, roug·ing.
  1. to color with rouge.

verb (used without object)

, rouged, roug·ing.
  1. to use rouge.

rouge

2

[ roozh ]

adjective

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

rouge

/ ruːʒ /

noun

  1. a red powder, used as a cosmetic for adding redness to the cheeks
  2. short for jeweller's rouge


verb

  1. to apply rouge to

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Other Words From

  • un·rouged adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rouge1

1475–85; < French: red < Latin rubeus; akin to red 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rouge1

C18: from French: red, from Latin rubeus

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Example Sentences

It involves marking a baby’s nose with a spot of red lipstick or blush—or “rouge” as they said in the 1970s when the task was created.

Researchers have tested this ability in the past using a mirror recognition task called the rouge test.

This is why many of these hybrid events have been built for sponsorships, like the Rouge Routes and The Bachelorette premiere.

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But the most recent poll of the race, conducted for the Baton Rouge Fox affiliate, has Landrieu ahead of Cassidy 36 to 32 percent.

Schulze started recording after she and her husband noticed the stalled vehicle on the tracks in Mer Rouge, Louisiana.

Indochina, East Timor, the Shah, our brief covert support for the Khmer Rouge.

My favorite movies were Moulin Rouge and Gone with the Wind.

The brutal Khmer Rouge regime has left physical and mental scars across Cambodia.

But defeated candidates will quite agree that the game of "bleu et jaune" is a good deal worse than "rouge et noir."

You may be able to fix your hair like hers—though I doubt it—but please remember that your mother doesn't want you to use rouge.

It also imparts a delicate rosy tinge to the skin preferable to rouge.

Just before him was the Chat Rouge, the one place in all Paris that must not attract the attention of the mob to-night.

If red is desired, use rouge; if black is preferred, use lampblack or powdered graphite.

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