rou·é (r -  )n. A lecherous dissipated man. [French, from past participle of rouer, to break on a wheel (from the feeling that such a person deserves that punishment), from Old French, from Latin rot re, to rotate; see rotate.] |
roué [ˈruːeɪ]
n
a debauched or lecherous man; rake
[from French, literally: one broken on the wheel, from rouer, from Latin rotāre to revolve, from rota a wheel; with reference to the fate deserved by a debauchee]
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