rouge

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a red or pink cosmetic applied to the cheeks; blusher

   She put powder and rouge into the handbag before leaving.

2. 2
   verb

   to color the cheeks or another surface red with rouge

   The actor rouged his cheeks to make them visible beneath the stage lights.

Borrowed from French rouge ("red"), from Latin rubeus ("reddish"). The English cosmetic noun arose from the color word, and the verb followed from the practice of applying the pigment.

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