roué
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
Origin of roué
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How to use roué in a sentence
I should shut my doors against her but for the sake of her nephew le roué, who is really a pretty young man.
Leonora | Maria EdgeworthBut the old roué, who hopes to get possession of the fortune in a surer way, refuses, and their conversation turns into a quarrel.
Contemporary Russian Novelists | Serge PerskyI turned, and recognised in the somewhat roué-looking young man behind me Clarence Fairfax.
Jasper Lyle | Harriet WardShe seemed indifferent to the fate of this tender bud left at the mercy of one whom she affected to regard as a seasoned roué.
Bunker Bean | Harry Leon WilsonAnd yet she liked the noble old roué—liked him so infinitely better than she did Mr. Moss.
The Landleaguers | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for roué
/ (ˈruːeɪ) /
a debauched or lecherous man; rake
Origin of roué
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