lip rouge
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- noun
- /lɪp ruːʒ/
- Archaic
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rouge labial
- From my hiding place, I saw that her lip rouge was smeared.
Examples
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Every time you mess up my lip rouge, it takes me ten minutes longer to get ready.
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All you have to do is push it up a bit and put some lip Rouge on.
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- I think I'll put some lip rouge on you now.
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Well, practically every woman uses lip rouge nowadays, Captain.
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Both wore a lot of scarlet lip rouge.
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She applied her favorite lip rouge before heading out for the evening.
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The new lip rouge she bought has a lovely berry color that suits her perfectly.
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Many women prefer to use a long-lasting lip rouge for all-day wear.
Synonyms
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A colored makeup people put on their lips
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Morphology
lip + rouge
The meaning 'a cosmetic to color the lips' is directly compositional from 'lip' (the mouth edge) + 'rouge' (a cosmetic/red coloring). If a learner knows 'rouge' as a cosmetic or red makeup, they can readily infer that 'lip rouge' denotes a rouge product for the lips; although 'rouge' is a French loanword and less frequent in English, the compound relation is straightforward and predictable.
Etymology
Lip rouge comes from French where rouge means 'red'. It was the name for a red cream or stick used on the lips, so lip rouge came to mean 'lipstick' today.