roue
pronunciation
How to pronounce roue in British English:
UK [ˈru:eɪ]
How to pronounce roue in American English:
US [ruˈeɪ]
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- Noun:
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
Word Origin
- roue (n.)
- "debauchee," 1800, from French roué "dissipated man, rake," originally past participle of Old French rouer "to break on the wheel" (15c.), from Latin rotare "roll" (see rotary). Said to have been first applied in French c. 1720 to dissolute friends of the Duke of Orleans (regent of France 1715-23), to suggest the punishment they deserved; but probably rather from a secondary, figurative sense in French of "jaded, worn out," from the notion of "broken, run-over, beat down."
Example
- 1. You 're not my lover . You 're a monstrous roue .
- 2. Anyone can see that he is nothing but a roue and not to be trusted .