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roué
/ ˈruːeɪ /
noun
- a debauched or lecherous man; rake
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Word History and Origins
Origin of roué1
1790–1800; < French, noun use of past participle of rouer to break on the wheel (derivative of roue wheel ≪ Latin rota ); name first applied to the profligate companions of the Duc d'Orléans (c1720)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of roué1
C19: from French, literally: one broken on the wheel, from rouer , from Latin rotāre to revolve, from rota a wheel; with reference to the fate deserved by a debauchee
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Example Sentences
I should shut my doors against her but for the sake of her nephew le roué, who is really a pretty young man.
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But the old roué, who hopes to get possession of the fortune in a surer way, refuses, and their conversation turns into a quarrel.
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I turned, and recognised in the somewhat roué-looking young man behind me Clarence Fairfax.
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She seemed indifferent to the fate of this tender bud left at the mercy of one whom she affected to regard as a seasoned roué.
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And yet she liked the noble old roué—liked him so infinitely better than she did Mr. Moss.
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