单词	gaucheness
释义	gauchegauche /ɡəʊʃ $ ɡoʊʃ/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINgauche Origin: 1700-1800 French ‘left, left-handed’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I never discuss money. It's gauche. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But here, high-tech hipsters are regarded as, well, gauche. But she could not move away without appearing gauche and childish. Next we get the usual nonsense: wordless dialogue, optical semaphoring, gauche laughter, ear-splitting silence. On a personal level, though, Terry's enthusiasm was sometimes gauche. She knew she would be gauche and awkward. They are painted with a rumbustious panache-or, looked at another way, with a gauche lack of sophistication. They didn't seem prepared to say anything that might appear embarrassing or gauche later on. doing or saying wrong or impolite things, especially because you do not know the right way to behave:  It would be gauche to mention the price.—gaucheness noun [uncountable]
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