roué
See also: roue
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roué (plural roués)
- A debauched or lecherous person.
- Synonym: rake
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 20, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 185:
- A taste and knowledge of wines and cookery appears to them to be the sign of an accomplished roué and manly gentleman.
- 2005 August 14, Richard Brooks, Stuart Wavell, “Rumpole takes a great big spanking”, in The Sunday Times:
- The old roué, twice married and patriarch of an extended family, never concealed the fact that he was “a ladies’ man”.
- 2014 August 27, Stephanie Zacharek, “The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love”, in The Village Voice[1], archived from the original on 2014-09-03:
- Would you trust him alone with your young daughter? Certainly not, though who could blame her for being captivated? In this day and age especially, a good roué is hard to find.
Translations edit
A debauched or lecherous person
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of rouer (“to break upon a wheel; to beat harshly”), from the belief that such individuals deserve such a punishment. Rouer derives from the Latin rota (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run, to roll”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roué m (plural roués, feminine rouée)
- roué (debauched or lecherous person)
Participle edit
roué (feminine rouée, masculine plural roués, feminine plural rouées)
- past participle of rouer
Further reading edit
- “roué”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).
Noun edit
roué m (plural roués)
Coordinate terms edit
- ranne (“queen”)
Related terms edit
- reyoume (“kingdom”)