roué

(ro̵̅o̅ ā, ro̵̅o̅ā′)

noun

a dissipated man; debauchee; rake

Origin: Fr, pp. of rouer, to break on the wheel < L rota, wheel (see roll): said orig. to be used (c. 1720) of the dissolute companions of the Duc d'Orléans

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