gaucherie

noun

gau·che·rie ˌgō-sh(ə-)ˈrē

: a tactless or awkward act

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Another gaucherie by somebody else will come along soon enough to get our minds off it. — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 June 2018 Now return to the Medici and imagine their fainting fits, were they exposed to Neel’s principled gaucherie. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021

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French

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1810, in the meaning defined above

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