rouge
noun/ruːʒ/
/ruːʒ/
[uncountable] (from French, old-fashioned)- a red powder used by women for giving colour to their cheeks (= the sides of the face)Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the colour red): from French, ‘red’, from Latin rubeus. The cosmetic term dates from the mid 18th cent.
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