/ɹuːʒ/, /ɹuʒ/
OriginBorrowed 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.
- Of a reddish pink colour.
- countable, uncountableRed or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
“Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black si”
- countable, uncountableAny reddish pink colour.
- Canadian, countable, uncountableA single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
- countable, obsolete, uncountableIn the Eton wall game, a scrummage, melée.
“[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 ba”
- countable, uncountableIn the Eton College field game, a scoring move accomplished by touching the ball down behind the opponents' goal-line (somewhat similar to the try in rugby).
“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”
- countable, obsolete, uncountableFrom 1862 to 1868, a similar scoring move in Sheffield rules football. From 1862 to 1867, accomplished by touching the ball down after it had been kicked between two "rouge flags" either side of the goal. From 1867-1868, awarded for kicking the ball between the rouge flags and under the crossbar.
“A rouge is obtained by the player who first touches the ball after it has been kicked between the rouge flags”
- archaic, countable, uncountableA red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.
- ambitransitiveTo apply rouge (makeup).
“She rouged her face before setting out for the party.”
“She was a lady of about fifty, I should think, youthfully dressed, and of a very fine complexion. If I add to the little list of her accomplishments that she rouged a little, I do not mean that there ”
- A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- A surname from French.
Formsmore rouge(comparative) · most rouge(superlative) · rouges(plural) · rouges(present, singular, third-person) · rouging(participle, present) · rouged(participle, past) · rouged(past)