rougyadj.
/ˈruːʒi/, U.S. /ˈruʒi/ Adorned or dusted with rouge; (also) resembling rouge.
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1834 H. Busk Lay of Life 141 Your rougey faces wear the blush of sin.
1849 Graham's Mag. Sept. 169/2 Her cheeks were most unnaturally rosy—I should have said rougey!
1886 M. Linskill Haven under Hill I. viii. 105 It was all dusty with red rougy dust.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 113 Jesus Mario with rougy cheeks, doublet and spindle legs.
1965 J. Potter Death in Office xvii. 164 Her face looked rougier, though; which presumably meant paler underneath.
2001 T. J. Hubschman Billy Boy i. 10 The rougey woman in the coffin was not Jinny but a chimera conjured up by the mortician's art.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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