Meanings
- historicalA cosmetic face powder, originally made with powdered rice.First known use 19th c.
Madame Antoine had laid some coarse, clean towels upon a chair, and had placed a box of poudre de riz within easy reach. Edna dabbed the powder upon her nose and cheeks as she looked at herself closely in the little distorted mirror which hung on the wall above the basin.
1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Origin
- Frenchpoudre de riz
- Englishpoudre de riz
From French poudre de riz. Compare rice powder.
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