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roue

/ruːˈeɪ/

Traduction: Nom désignant un homme menant une vie dissolue, immorale ou débauchée, souvent dans la haute société.

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noun

C2formalcommon/ruːˈeɪ/

A noun referring to a man who leads a dissolute, immoral, or debauched lifestyle, often within fashionable society.

  • 🇫🇷Nom désignant un homme menant une vie dissolue, immorale ou débauchée, souvent dans la haute société.
  1. Dissolute man in society C2 formal

    A man, often from a fashionable or wealthy background, who lives a life of excessive pleasure and moral looseness.

    • The novel's main character is a charming roué who squanders his fortune on gambling and parties.
    • He was known in high society as a roué, always surrounded by admirers.
    • The biography details the life of a famous 18th-century roué.

    🇫🇷Roué (dissolu)

    Synonymes: debaucheelibertineman-about-townphilandererplayboypleasure seekerprofligaterakesensualist

    Antonymes: asceticprudepuritan