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
Then she became suddenly serious, for she had come to the operation of rouging.
From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Émile Zola
This playful allusion to the rouging decreed by the Princess had the double design of excusing her painting and of diverting the Doctor from his tender-hearted seriousness.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
"Not rouging, Gran, I assure you," I said lightly.
From The Story of Bawn by Katharine Tynan
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
