(ˈ)rü|ā noun
( -s )
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 deserved this punishment — more at rotate
: a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure especially in his relations with women : debauchee , rake
an elderly roué … had invited her to call him Daddy — Jean Stafford