retroussé
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See also: retrousse
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French retroussé, past participle of retrousser (“to hitch up, hike up”), from re- (from Latin re- (“back, backwards; again”), from Proto-Italic *wre (“again”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) or *ure- (“back”)) + trousser (“to fold up, hitch up”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəˈtɹuːseɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɹɛtɹuˈseɪ/
- Hyphenation: re‧trous‧sé
Adjective
[edit]retroussé (comparative more retroussé, superlative most retroussé)
- Turned up, especially when describing the nose.
- 1903 April, “Sir Oracle” [pseudonym], The Era: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Literature and of General Interest, volume XI, number 4, Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry T. Coates & Co., →OCLC, page 303:
- [...] Roxelane [...] would never have been espoused by the Sultan [Suleiman the Magnificent] had not her nose been retroussé, thus […]. / It may be noted that to this day a retroussé nose is known in France as a nose a la Roxelane.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “A Novice”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 363:
- "A tight little craft," was Austin's invariable comment on the matron; […]. Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
- 1967, Michael Gilbert, “Part Two: Tendresse v. Lucille”, in The Dust and the Heat, London: Hodder & Stoughton; republished Looe, Cornwall: House of Stratus, 2004, →ISBN, page 128:
- You know, a touch of character – slightly retroussé nose, big mouth, perhaps a couple of freckles.
- 2008, Fiona Capp, Musk & Byrne, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:
- She shares with this woman the same retroussé nose and half-moon eyes, the same asymmetrical smile.
- 2009, Jasper Fforde, “The Word”, in Shades of Grey, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →OCLC:
- I would simply waffle about her small, almost perfectly upswept, retroussé nose, and you'd consider me insane, and put me back.
Synonyms
[edit]- upturned
- (describing a nose): pug-nosed, snub-nosed
Translations
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[edit]Participle
[edit]retroussé (feminine retroussée, masculine plural retroussés, feminine plural retroussées)
Further reading
[edit]- “retroussé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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