Definition of Retroussé

1. Adjective. (used of noses) turned up at the end. "A small upturned nose"

Exact synonyms: Tip-tilted, Upturned
Similar to: Shapely

Definition of Retroussé

1. Adjective. Turned up, as in describing the nose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Retroussé

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Retroussé

retrotranscript
retrotranscription
retrotranscripts
retrotranslocation
retrotransposable
retrotransposal
retrotranspose
retrotransposed
retrotransposes
retrotransposing
retrotransposition
retrotranspositions
retrotransposon
retrotransposons
retrousse
retroussé (current term)
retrouterine
retrovaccination
retrovaccinations
retroversioflexion
retroversion
retroversions
retrovert
retroverted
retroverting
retroverts
retroviral
retroviral vector
retrovirally
retroviridae infections

Literary usage of Retroussé

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Characterology; an Exact Science Embracing Physiognomy, Phrenology and by Leander Hamilton McCormick (1920)
"When the Retrousse is markedly tip-tilted, in other words, is shorter from root to tip than from root to base, it is designated an optimistic Retrousse, ..."

2. The International Encyclopedia of Prose and Poetical Quotations from the by William Shepard Walsh (1908)
"Ah, who eould have ever foretold that that little retrousse ... says that she would never have been espoused by the Sultan had not her nose been retrousse, ..."

3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1906)
"The effect was sublimer yet. What do you think of that? You, I mean. Everybody remembers the story of the Bishop and Mother Nez Retrousse. ..."

4. The Fortnightly Review (1883)
"... the calm eyes wide apart and a little upraised, the pure young curve of the cheek, the nes retrousse (if a nez retrousse may be allowed to a Madonna), ..."

5. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"... little girls with swarthy complexions, noses excessively retrousse, ... in the world retrousse; mouth, bon; eyes •—Ah. here she is. looking full at me. ..."

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