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rouge

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"Cheek makeup"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹuːʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted egoruStarts with REnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. redden by applying rouge to

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • [A] wall [...] against which all those formidable "rouges" (as they are most underivably called) take place; in which above twenty players contend, kicking each others' shins nearly as often as the ball
  • The 7 got 1 "gaol" and 1 "ruge"; the 11 got 1 "gaol" and 4 "ruges"
  • A rouge is obtained by touching the ball first, after it has been kicked behind

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