Rouge Definition

ro͝ozh

rouged, rouges, rouging

noun

rouges

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.

Webster's New World

A reddish powder, mainly ferric oxide, for polishing jewelry, metal, etc.

Webster's New World

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.

Webster's New World

Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.

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In the Eton College field game, a five-point score awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball.

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Synonyms:

verb

rouged, rouges, rouging

To color with rouge.

Webster's New World

To carry out or cause to carry out a rouge.

Webster's New World

To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic.

American Heritage

To use cosmetic rouge.

Webster's New World

adjective

Of a reddish pink colour.

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Other Word Forms of Rouge

Noun

Singular:

rouge

Plural:

rouges

Origin of Rouge

French from Old French red from Latin rubeus reudh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French rouge.

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