ROUGE


Meaning of ROUGE in English

/ ruːʒ; NAmE / noun

[ U ] ( old-fashioned ) a red powder used by women for giving colour to their cheeks

►  rouge verb [ vn ]

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (denoting the colour red): from French , red , from Latin rubeus . The cosmetic term dates from the mid 18th cent.

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