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prettygoodwordretroussé (re-troo-SAY, ruh-troo-SAY) - adj., (esp. of a nose) turned up at the end.
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With the strong connotation, in an attractive way. Tip-tilted is the native English phrase. Adopted around 1800 from, clearly, French retroussé, where it was first used in this sense in the 16th century, formed as a past-participle adjective from retrousser, to turn up.
---L.
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With the strong connotation, in an attractive way. Tip-tilted is the native English phrase. Adopted around 1800 from, clearly, French retroussé, where it was first used in this sense in the 16th century, formed as a past-participle adjective from retrousser, to turn up.
---L.
