noun
Meaning 1
A socially tactless or awkward act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gaucherie
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/ˌɡoʊʃəˈɹiː/
noun
Meaning 2
Lack of tact; tactlessness; awkwardness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a socially awkward or tactless act
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being rustic or gauche
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rusticity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French gaucherie.