retroussé
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of retroussé
1830–40; < French, past participle of retrousser, Middle French, equivalent to re- re- + trousser to turn, tuck up; see truss
Example Sentences
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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
She had an undershot jaw and a nose so retroussé that the crew asserted it was possible to observe the convolutions of her brain and see what she had planned for the next meal.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Caroline Lockhart
I can see her now, hat in hand, her long curls flying in the wind, her nose slightly retroussé, her large dark eyes flashing with glee, and her small straight mouth so expressive of determination.
From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Her nose was perfect;—not Grecian, nor Roman, nor Egyptian,—but simply English, only just not retroussé.
From Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope
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