rouge
/ˈɹuːʒ/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun
Also a form of rogue
Forms rouges rouging rouged rogue
- adjective Of a reddish pink colour.
- noun Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
- noun Any reddish pink colour.
- noun (Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
- noun (obsolete) In the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
- noun In the Eton College field game, a scoring move accomplished by touching the ball down behind the opponents' goal-line (somewhat similar to the try in rugby). Originally, the player who scored the rouge had a chance to kick a goal, and the rouge was used as a tie-breaker if an equal number of goals was scored by each side. In the contemporary Eton College field game, a five-point score is 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.
- noun (obsolete) From 1862 to 1868, a similar scoring move in Sheffield rules football. From 1862 to 1867, accomplished by touching the ball down after it had been kicked between two "rouge flags" either side of the goal. From 1867-1868, awarded for kicking the ball between the rouge flags and under the crossbar.
- noun (chemistry, archaic) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.
- verb (ambitransitive) To apply rouge (makeup). “She rouged her face before setting out for the party.”
- proper noun A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- proper noun A surname from French.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French rouge, from Latin rubeus. Compare rare Middle English rouge, rouȝ (“red”); later borrowed again, as it is not attested until c. 1750. The game senses are of unknown origin according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Borrowed from French Rouge.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective red. [R.] Rouge et noir ( Etym: [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.
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- verb To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
Etymology [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be red, ruber red. See Red.]
Etymology [F.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “rouge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details