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GAUCHE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  gowsh

Matching Terms:  gaucheness, gaucherie, Gaucher's disease, gaucho

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always may be feel gauche"
 
 Synonyms: graceless, inelegant, unpolished
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gauche\, n. [F.]
1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and
   surfaces.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
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