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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Turned up at the end. Used of the nose.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Turned up, as the end of a nose; pug.

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

Etymologies

  1. from the French retroussé, past participle of retrousser, to bundle or tie up. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, past participle of retrousser, to turn back, from Old French : re-, re- + torser, trousser, to tie in a bundle (probably from Vulgar Latin *torsāre, from *torsus, twisted, variant of Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre, to twist; see torque1). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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