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rougelike

rougelike adjective: resembling or characteristic of rouge.

Adjective

rougelike (comparative more rougelike, superlative most rougelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of rouge.
    • He looked at Eve, who smiled broadly, two rougelike puffs of excitement on each apple cheekbone.2004, Warren Adler, The War of the Roses, page 20

Forms of rougelike

comparativemore rougelike
superlativemost rougelike

Origin of rougelike

From rouge + -like.

Questions about rougelike

What does rougelike mean?
Rougelike means resembling or characteristic of rouge.
What part of speech is rougelike?
Rougelike is an adjective.

Words near rougelike in the dictionary

  1. rouge-plant
  2. rouge-plants
  3. Rougeau
  4. Rougeaus
  5. rouged
  6. rougelike
  7. rouges
  8. rouget
  9. Rouget's rail
  10. Rouget's rails
  11. rough

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