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‖ gaucherie|goʃri|
[Fr., f. gauche: see gauche a.]
Want of tact or grace of manner, awkwardness; an instance of this, a ‘gauche’ proceeding.
1798C. Smith Young Philos. III. 35 Medora, when divested of a little of that gaucherie, which diffidence gave. 1823Edin. Rev. XXXIX. 237 The known gaucherie of our cabinet in all sorts of Continental interference. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey i. viii, An elegant lively lad, with just enough of dandyism to preserve him from committing gaucheries. 1853Kingsley Misc. Th. Shelley & Byron I. 324 Every conceited word and look, every gaucherie and rudeness. 1856C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain i. xxv. (1879) 263 The young lady contrived to make her exit, with the same amount of gaucherie as had marked her entrance. |