rouge Definition

rouge
noun

1. old use
A pink or red cosmetic powder or cream used to colour the cheeks, originally a mixture of safflower and talc. Compare blusher.
2. A fine powder of hydrated ferric oxide used for polishing metal.

Form: jeweller's rouge (also)
3. French red wine.

Form: vin rouge (in full)

verb rouged, rouging

1. To apply rouge to (the cheeks, etc).
intr
2. To use rouge.
intr
3. To blush.

Etymology: 18c; 15c in obsolete sense ‘red': French, meaning ‘red'.