gaucherie

[ goh-shuh-ree; French gohshuh-ree ]

noun

, plural gau·che·ries [goh-sh, uh, -, reez, gohsh, uh, -, ree].

1. lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
2. an act, movement, etc., that is socially graceless, awkward, or tactless.

gaucherie

/ ˈɡəʊʃərɪ; ˌɡəʊʃəˈriː; ɡoʃri /

noun

1. the quality of being gauche
2. a gauche act

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaucherie¹

From French, dating back to 1790–1800; gauche, -ery

Example Sentences

She could not resist the delicate malice of the exclamation, she imitated the gaucherie so delightfully.

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I was sorry that I had spoken English before him so heedlessly, and resolved that I would never be guilty of such gaucherie again.

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The discomfited lady-killer, aspersing the name of Anna with an insolent gaucherie, has his ears boxed for his pains.

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Her gaucherie was painful to her and evident and very dear to the man perceiving it.

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He left her standing with heightened color blaming herself bitterly for her gaucherie.

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Related Words

• error
• gaffe
• lapse
• miscue
• misjudgment
• recklessness