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roué

noun

  1. dissolute person
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːeɪ/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French roué. Doublet of rotate.

  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.

    The old roué, twice married and patriarch of an extended family, never concealed the fact that he was “a ladies’ man”.