roué
noun
[ ˈruːeɪ ]
• a debauched man, especially an elderly one.
• "he had lived the life of a roué in the fleshpots of London and Paris"
Similar:
libertine,
rake,
debauchee,
dissolute man,
loose-liver,
degenerate,
profligate,
lecher,
seducer,
ladies' man,
womanizer,
philanderer,
adulterer,
Don Juan,
Lothario,
Casanova,
playboy,
sensualist,
sybarite,
voluptuary,
stud,
player,
playa,
ladykiller,
lech,
dirty old man,
goat,
wolf,
skirt-chaser,
gay dog,
rip,
blood,
rakehell,
dissolute,
Origin:
early 19th century: French, literally ‘broken on a wheel’, referring to the instrument of torture thought to be deserved by such a person.
