retroussé

American  

[re-troo-sey, ruh-troo-sey] / ˌrɛ truˈseɪ, rə truˈseɪ /

adjective

1. (especially of the nose) turned up.

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retroussé British  

/ rəˈtruːseɪ, rətruse /

adjective

1. (of a nose) turned up

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Etymology

Origin of retroussé

1830–40; < French, past participle of retrousser, Middle French, equivalent to re- re- + trousser to turn, tuck up; truss

Example Sentences

Holliday has a retroussé nose, ready-pouted lips and the sort of luxuriantly wavy, princessy auburn hair that demands the word “tresses”.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2015

I've been likened to Sid the sloth from Ice Age… I have a long face, retroussé nose and have been known to be quite camp… I know I don't fit into some archetype.

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2012

Had her nose been rather less retroussé, her generous, full-lipped mouth just a little smaller, her brown hair either much darker, or really fair, as was Rosamund's, she would have been exceptionally pretty.

From What Timmy Did by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

So that almost everything depends on a beautiful nose, while a short retroussé one will mar all.

From Essays of Schopenhauer by Schopenhauer, Arthur

Possibly the colourless eyes, which survey me over the retroussé nose and deceptive moustache, are capable of gathering wisdom from the uncut fields of learning.

From An Ocean Tramp by McFee, William