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roué | rouble | rouche | roue | rouet | rouge | rouge dragon | rouge et noir | rouge plant | rougeberry | rougecroix

rouge

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

rougea. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be red, ruber red. See Red.].
     red.  [1913 Webster]
∥Rouge et noir ( [F., red and black], a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. Hoyle.
rougen. [F.].
  •  A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.  Ure.  [1913 Webster]
rougev. i. 
     To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.  [1913 Webster]
rougev. t. 
     To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rouge, n. & v.
--n.
1 a red powder or cream used for colouring the cheeks.
2 powdered ferric oxide etc. as a polishing agent esp. for metal.
--v.
1 tr. colour with rouge.
2 intr. a apply rouge to one's cheeks. b become red, blush.

Idiom
rouge-et-noir a gambling game using a table with red and black marks, on which players place stakes.
Etymology
F, = red, f. L rubeus, rel. to RED

THESAURUS

rouge

any color, base, carmine, clown white, cold cream, color, compact, cosmetics, crimson, drugstore complexion, erythema, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, floridity, floridness, flush, foundation, foundation cream, glow, greasepaint, gules, hand cream, hand lotion, henna, high color, incarnadine, inflame, lip rouge, lipstick, madder, makeup, mantle, mascara, miniate, mudpack, nail polish, paint, pink, powder, powder puff, puff, red, red race, red-ink, redden, reddishness, redness, rose, rubify, rubor, rubric, ruddle, rufosity, rust, talcum, talcum powder, vanishing cream, vanity case, vermilion, war paint, warm

ROGET THESAURUS

rouge

Ornament

N ornament, floridness c, adj, turgidity, turgescence, altiloquence, declamation, teratology, well-rounded periods, elegance, orotundity, inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia, figurativeness, flourish, flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric, frills of style, euphuism, euphemism, big-sounding words, high-sounding words, macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine, inflation, pretension, rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad, fine writing, sesquipedality, Minerva press, phrasemonger, euphuist, euphemist, ornament, beautified, ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, euphemistic, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, inflated, swelling, tumid, turgid, turgescent, pedantic, pompous, stilted, orotund, high flown, high flowing, sententious, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiose, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, Johnsonian, mouthy, bombastic, fustian, frothy, flashy, flaming, antithetical, alliterative, figurative, artificial, ore rutundo, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art, ornature, ornateness, adornment, decoration, embellishment, architecture, jewelry, garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer, gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonn_e, cosmetics (in general), makeup, eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush, pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting, detail, repousse (convexity), texture, richness, tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion, egg and tongue, egg and dart, astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche, pilaster, bead, beading, champleve ware, cloisonne ware, frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling, embroidery, brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming, hanging, tapestry, arras, millinery, ermine, drap d'or, wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue, tassel knot, shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog, star, rosette, bow, feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette, finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste, excess of ornament, gaud, pride, illustration, illumination, vignette, fleuron, head piece, tail piece, cul-de-lampe, flowers of rhetoric, work of art, ornamented, beautified, ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned, champleve, cloisonne, topiary, smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering, new gilt, new spangled, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, pranked out, bedight, well-groomed, in full dress, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage, in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette, in best bib and tucker, endimanche, showy, flashy, gaudy, garish, gairish, gorgeous, ornamental, decorative, becoming.

Redness

VB be red, become red, blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden, render red, redden, rouge, rubify, rubricate, incarnadine, ruddle.


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