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rouge (ro̵̅o̅z̸h)

noun

  1. any of various reddish cosmetics in powder, paste, or liquid form, esp. a red or reddish cream, for adding color to the cheeks or lips: a cosmetic used esp. formerly
  2. a reddish powder, mainly ferric oxide, for polishing jewelry, metal, etc.

Etymology: Fr, red, rouge < L rubeus: see Ruby

transitive verb rouged, rouging roug′·ing

to color with rouge

intransitive verb

to use cosmetic rouge
rouge2 definition

rouge (ro̵̅o̅z̸h)

noun

in Canadian football, the scoring of a point by the team that is punting when the receiving team takes the ball behind the goal line and does not run it back into the field of play

Etymology: orig. slang term at Eton, a scrimmage < ?

intransitive verb, transitive verb rouged, rouging roug′·ing

to carry out or cause to carry out a rouge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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