See also: roue

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹuːeɪ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːeɪ

Noun edit

roué (plural roués)

  1. 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.

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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).

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roué m (plural roués, feminine rouée)

  1. roué (debauched or lecherous person)

Participle edit

roué (feminine rouée, masculine plural roués, feminine plural rouées)

  1. past participle of rouer

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Norman Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nrf

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Etymology edit

From Old French roi, from Latin rēx, rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (ruler, king).

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roué m (plural roués)

  1. (France) king

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