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Definition of Gaucheness
1. Noun. An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement. "The whole town was famous for its crudeness"
Generic synonyms: Impoliteness
Derivative terms: Crude, Crude, Gauche
Definition of Gaucheness
1. Noun. The quality of being gauche. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaucheness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaucheness
Literary usage of Gaucheness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Richard Henry Dana: A Biography by Charles Francis Adams (1891)
"In faet, I never saw such an exhibition of gaucheness and want of tact in my life.
He told me that the Board consisted of a number of gentlemen, ..."
2. The Secret War: The Office of Strategic Services in World War II edited by George C. Chalou (1995)
"... to the Middle East and the Balkans, where—despite some political naivete and
some social gaucheness, much remarked upon later by those who would wish to ..."
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