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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROUGE, n. roozh. Red paint; a substance used for painting the cheeks.
ROUGE, vi. [supra.] To paint the face, or rather the cheeks.
ROUGE, v.t. [supra.] To paint, or tinge with red paint.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks [syn: rouge, paint, blusher] v
1: redden by applying rouge to; "she rouged her cheeks"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from rouge red, from Latin rubeus reddish — more at ruby Date: 1751 1. any of various cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips red 2. a red powder consisting essentially of ferric oxide used in polishing glass, metal, or gems and as a pigment II. verb (rouged; rouging) Date: 1777 transitive verb 1. to apply rouge to 2. to cause to redden intransitive verb to use rouge

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a red powder or cream used for colouring the cheeks. 2 powdered ferric oxide etc. as a polishing agent esp. for metal. --v. 1 tr. colour with rouge. 2 intr. a apply rouge to one's cheeks. b become red, blush. Phrases and idioms: rouge-et-noir a gambling game using a table with red and black marks, on which players place stakes. Etymology: F, = red, f. L rubeus, rel. to RED

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rouge Rouge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rouged; p. pr. & vb. n. Rouging .] To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rouge Rouge, v. t. To tint with rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rouge Rouge, a. [F., fr. L. rubeus red, akin to rubere to be red, ruber red. See Red.] red. [R.] Rouge et noir[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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rouge Rouge, n. [F.] 1. (Chem.) 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. 2. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rouges, rouging, rouged) 1. Rouge is a red powder or cream which women and actors can put on their cheeks in order to give them more colour. (OLD-FASHIONED) = blusher N-UNCOUNT 2. If a woman or an actor rouges their cheeks or lips, they put red powder or cream on them to give them more colour. Florentine women rouged their earlobes... She had curly black hair and rouged cheeks. VERB: V n, V-ed

Moby Thesaurus

any color, base, carmine, clown white, cold cream, color, compact, cosmetics, crimson, drugstore complexion, erythema, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, floridity, floridness, flush, foundation, foundation cream, glow, greasepaint, gules, hand cream, hand lotion, henna, high color, incarnadine, inflame, lip rouge, lipstick, madder, makeup, mantle, mascara, miniate, mudpack, nail polish, paint, pink, powder, powder puff, puff, red, red race, red-ink, redden, reddishness, redness, rose, rubify, rubor, rubric, ruddle, rufosity, rust, talcum, talcum powder, vanishing cream, vanity case, vermilion, war paint, warm