gaucherie
Americannoun
plural
gaucheries-
lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
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an act, movement, etc., that is socially graceless, awkward, or tactless.
noun
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the quality of being gauche
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a gauche act
Etymology
Origin of gaucherie
Example Sentences
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Determined to escape the gaucheries of the family’s exclusive Turtle Creek enclave, Yvonne ascends from cheerleader to top majorette baton twirler to debutante to sorority girl.
From New York Times
I am very different from that self who drove to Manderley for the first time, hopeful and eager, handicapped by a rather desperate gaucherie and filled with an intense desire to please.
From Literature
Mr. Tillerson does not let fall from his lips such gaucherie as “radical Islamic terrorism.”
From Washington Times
The American’s attempt to seem sophisticated is thus taken by the waiter as a mark of irredeemable American gaucherie.
From The New Yorker
Sommeliers look a bit shocked if I order a pretty pink rosé, and although I’ve tried to defy it, my mother’s commandment about the gaucherie of wearing white after Labor Day haunts me.
From New York Times
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