ROUÉ


Meaning of ROUÉ in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rü-ˈā ]

noun

Etymology: French, literally, broken on the wheel, from past participle of rouer to break on the wheel, from Medieval Latin rotare, from Latin, to rotate; from the feeling that such a person deserves this punishment

Date: 1800

: a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake

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