tracasserie

British  

/ trəˈkæsərɪ /

noun

1. a turmoil; annoyance

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Etymology

Origin of tracasserie

from French, from tracasser to fuss about

Example Sentences

And then, instead of all that 'tracasserie' you have about your house, and your servants, and the thousand little 'inconvenance de m�nage,' you have one whom you consult on your toilette, your equipage, your 'coiffure,'—in fact, in all affairs of good taste.

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The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke, who loved 'tracasserie,' Began to treat him with some small 'agacerie.'

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The women I understand pretty well, and rare tracasserie there is among them—they are perfectly feminine in that respect at least.

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The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke, who loved tracasserie, Began to treat him with some small agacerie.

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First is a Scandal-loving Letter from Sir Gerald Denbigh to Lady Ulverston, a lady distinguished by a congenial love of tracasserie, and a congenial idolization of social distinctions; an address which passed for cleverness; unimpeachable taste in self-adornment; and who was courted by the ball-going part of London as a dispenser of tickets for Almack's.

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