retroussé

Meaning

Adjective

• Turned up, especially when describing the nose.

Related

Similar words

• upturned
• pug-nosed, snub-nosed

Origin

• From French retroussé, past participle of retrousser, from re- (from Latin re- ("prefix meaning ‘back, backwards; again’"), from Proto-Italic *wre ("again"), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ("to turn") or *ure-) + trousser.