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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day · Merriam-Webster

November 13, 20171m 28s

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 13, 2017 is:


roué \roo-AY\ noun

: a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake


Examples:

"Hugh Grant, as a roué who seems to realize that his charm is a regrettably cheap commodity, enjoyed something of a comeback in Florence Foster Jenkins." — Tom Gliatto, People, 17 Jan. 2017       

"[Roger Moore's] Bond was a roué, a bounder, a debonair playboy not remotely like a real spy and arguably all the better for it." — Alex Bilmes, Esquire, 25 May 2017

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