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
All the Tuckers had such good noses, straight and aristocratic with lots of character, and my little freckled nez retroussé was so very ordinary.
From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
It was a decided retroussé, and thick; but in the flush of her brilliant colour, her really grand carriage, this was passed over.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
She of the retroussé nose and simple speech.
From Dorothy's Travels by Schneider, S.
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