rouge
noun
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
rouging
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present participleof rouge.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Baroness Steinheil's first request was for a mirror, in front of which she immediately set about powdering & rouging.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were fond of rouging their faces, especially the lips, and the eye was a feature to which much time and art were given.
From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard
I saw the ship, the coquette rouging herself, and the poor working-woman weeding in the fields.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
The ladies were busy chattering and rouging their lips when the bill was presented.
From Castles in the Air by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
He looked around into her face—in spite of bistre and powder, and the faint rouging on her lips, it had a queer, unholy, touching beauty.
From Tatterdemalion by John Galsworthy
