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Definition of Gauche
1. Adjective. Lacking social polish. "Their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
Similar to: Inelegant
Derivative terms: Gaucheness, Gracelessness
Definition of Gauche
1. n. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
Definition of Gauche
1. Adjective. Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling. ¹
2. Adjective. (mathematics archaic) Skewed, not plane. ¹
3. Adjective. (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle of 60° ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gauche
1. lacking social grace [adj GAUCHER, GAUCHEST] : GAUCHELY [adv]
Medical Definition of Gauche
1.
1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gauche
Literary usage of Gauche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paris of the Parisians by John Frederick Macdonald (1900)
"LA RIVE gauche BOXES of books line either side of the Seine, and stooping figures
hover about them ; but the Rive Droite and the Rive gauche have little in ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Here ß, and /3, indicate the positions of a (3 proton oriented gauche and trans,
respectively, to the vicinal two ester groups for the hypothetical planar ..."
3. Paris of the Parisians by John Frederick Macdonald (1900)
"LA RIVE gauche BOXES of books line either side of the Seine, and stooping figures
hover about them ; but the Rive Droite and the Rive gauche have little in ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Here ß, and /3, indicate the positions of a (3 proton oriented gauche and trans,
respectively, to the vicinal two ester groups for the hypothetical planar ..."
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