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adj
Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Skewed, not plane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adj
Having a torsion angle of 60°.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adjective satellite
lacking social polish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: graceless, unpolished
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”), from Old French gaucher (“to trample, walk clumsily”), from Frankish *walkan (“to full, trample”), from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to full, roll up”). Akin to Old High German walchan (“to knead”), Old English wealcian (“to roll up, curl”) and English walk, Old Norse valka (“to drag about”). More at walk.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
