Today's Word "roue"
Published in Vocabulary
roue \roo-AY\ (noun) - A man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.
"Franklin was an old roue who spent his time recovering from a lifetime of excesses, although he claimed to have no regrets."
Roue comes from French, from the past participle of rouer, "to break upon the wheel" (from the feeling that a roue deserves such a punishment), ultimately from Latin rota, "wheel."
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