gaucherie
Example Sentences
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Guadagnino says, clearly amused by his youthful gaucherie.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2016
Sommeliers look a bit shocked if I order a pretty pink rosé, and although I’ve tried to defy it, my mother’s commandment about the gaucherie of wearing white after Labor Day haunts me.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2015
When I recalled, however, that an official letter that I had addressed to you had remained unanswered for over six months, the problem became not one of gaucherie but of defiance of the law.
From Time Magazine Archive
The way she walked, spoke and combed her hair had a sureness that gives moviegoers a comfortable feeling: she would never make them wince with some awkwardness of misplaced gaucherie.
From Time Magazine Archive
My shyness and gaucherie became worse, too, making me stolid and dumb when people came to the house.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
