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   rouge

   /ruːʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for colouring the cheeks or lips: "she wore patches of rouge on her cheeks"
   • 2. short for jeweller's rouge

   verb

   • 1. colour with rouge: "the make-up artist rouged my cheeks"
   • ▪ apply rouge to one's cheeks: "she rouged regularly now"

   adjective

   • 1. (of wine) red.

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the colour red): from French, ‘red’, from Latin rubeus. The cosmetic term dates from the mid 18th century.

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