gaucherie
[goh-shuh-ree; French gohshuh-ree]
noun, plural gau·che·ries [goh-shuh-reez; French gohshuh-ree] /ˌgoʊ ʃəˈriz; French goʊʃəˈri/.
lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
an act, movement, etc., that is socially graceless, awkward, or tactless.
RELATED WORDS
indecency, miscue, lapse, recklessness, error, gaffe, misjudgment, goof, incorrectness, vulgarity, solecism, incongruity, blunder, vulgarism, slip, rudeness, barbarism, indecorum, impudence, immodesty
Origin of gaucherie
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There is an awkwardness in men that women like; there is a gaucherie that women detest.
A Young Man in a HurryRobert W. Chambers
“Certainly not,” stammered I, somewhat ashamed at my gaucherie.
The Rifle RangersCaptain Mayne Reid
This gaucherie on his part Bazarov realised, and felt vexed at.
Fathers and SonsIvan Sergeevich Turgenev
She was firm—and left him overwhelmed by his gaucherie in not persuading her to take it.
The Quaint CompanionsLeonard Merrick
Her gaucherie was painful to her and evident and very dear to the man perceiving it.
Under the LawEdwina Stanton Babcock
gaucherie
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