Rouge
[ruːʒ] or [ruʒ]
Definition
(noun.) makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks.
(verb.) redden by applying rouge to; 'she rouged her cheeks'.
Inputed by Kurt--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) red.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.
(v. t.) To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.
Editor: Pedro
Definition
n. a powder used to give artificial colour to the cheeks or lips.—v.t. to colour with rouge.—v.i. to use rouge: to blush.—ns. Rouge′-berr′y a shrub of tropical America whose berries supply a cosmetic; Rouge′-dish a saucer containing a thin layer of dry rouge; Rouge-et-noir a modern game of chance played by the aid of packs of cards on a table covered with green cloth—also Trente-un and Trente-et-quarante.—Rouge croix one of the four pursuivants of the English College of Heralds; Rouge dragon one of the pursuivants of the Heralds' College.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of using rouge, denotes that you will practice deceit to obtain your wishes. To see others with it on their faces, warns you that you are being artfully used to further the designs of some deceitful persons. If you see it on your hands, or clothing, you will be detected in some scheme. If it comes off of your face, you will be humiliated before some rival, and lose your lover by assuming unnatural manners.
Typist: Toni
Examples
- Rouge he certainly did not wear, for he was always pale, save when he blushed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Sir Leicester, with his magnificent glance of displeasure at the rouge, appears to say so too. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nothing could be more becoming to your complexion than that ruffian's rouge. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- My rouge won't come off. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Very likely she cried, for she was particularly lively, and had put on a little extra rouge, when she came down to dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The possession of the Mississippi by us from Memphis to Baton Rouge was also a most important object. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Vos doigts tremblent comme la feuille, et vos joues sont rouges: mais, rouges comme des cerises! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She rouged regularly now; and--and her maid got Cognac for her besides that which was charged in the hotel bill. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- If I add to the little list of her accomplishments that she rouged a little, I do not mean that there was any harm in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was not beautiful, nor was she rouged, and her dress was rather neat than tawdry. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Bucket coughs and glances at Volumnia, rouged and necklaced, as though he would respectfully observe, I do assure you, you're a pretty creetur. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Omar