roue

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Definition

Noun: A roué is a man, particularly one in fashionable or high society, who is morally unrestrained and lives a life of excessive pleasure-seeking, often involving debauchery, drinking, and womanizing. The term implies a cynical, jaded, and dissipated character.

Usage

The word is used to describe a specific type of libertine or playboy, often from a historical or literary context, suggesting a man of some means and social standing who is devoted to sensual indulgence. * The aging roué spent his fortune on champagne, gambling, and courtesans. * In the novel, the protagonist is a charming but ultimately empty-hearted roué. * His reputation as a roué made him the subject of gossip in polite society.

Advanced Usage
  • The term often carries a tone of moral judgment or critique from the narrator or observer, rather than being a neutral description.
  • It is a somewhat archaic or literary word, evoking a specific image of 18th or 19th-century European decadence.
Variants and Related Words
  • Rake (noun): A very close synonym, also meaning a fashionable or wealthy man of immoral conduct.
  • Libertine (noun): A person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, particularly in sexual matters.
  • Debauchee (noun): A person given to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
  • Hedonist (noun): A person who believes that pleasure is the most important thing in life. (This is a broader, more philosophical term, while is more specifically tied to dissolute behavior.)
Synonyms
  • Rake
  • Libertine
  • Debauchee
  • Profligate
  • Playboy (modern, less severe connotation)
  • Womanizer
Antonyms
  • Ascetic
  • Puritan
  • Prude
Noun
  1. a dissolute man in fashionable society

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