berouged

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1. Wearing rouge.

   Berouged and beribboned aristocrats were assailed on these grounds as much as unreproductive ecclesiastics who spent their time consorting with females.

   2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 566

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   No matter what quotient of Josephine's actual features, Isabey's artful cosmetics, or David's own inventions made it onto the final canvas, Josephine's berouged face evoked the youth and vitality valued in fertile females.

   2006, Todd Porterfield, Susan L Siegfried, Staging Empire, page 159