roue

Definitions


[ˈruːeɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a debauched man, especially an elderly one
(e.g: he had lived the life of a roué in the fleshpots of London and Paris)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 18th century: French, literally ‘broken on a wheel’, referring to the instrument of torture thought to be deserved by such a person




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