English Explanatory Dictionary

retroussé

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Turned up, especially when describing the nose.

Pronunciation

/ɹəˈtɹuːseɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retroussé.wav /ˌɹɛtɹuˈseɪ/

Word forms

retroussé more retroussé most retroussé retrousse

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

upturned pug-nosed snub-nosed
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