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roué

  • /ˈɹuːeɪ/

Rhymes with -uːeɪ

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Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate.

noun roués · roue

  1. A debauched or lecherous person. A taste and knowledge of wines and cookery appears to them to be the sign of an accomplished roué and manly gentleman.

    Similar: rake, adulterer, bed-hopper, carpetmonger, chamberer, debauchee, debaucher, fornicator, gallant, lecher, lewdster, libertine

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noun A debauched or lecherous person

Portuguêsdebochado
Françaisroué
DeutschRoué, Lustmolch

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"roué." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rou%C3%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{roue_2026,
  title = {roué},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rou%C3%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}