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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being rustic or gauche;
[syn: rusticity, gaucherie]

2. a socially awkward or tactless act;
[syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gaucherie \Gauche`rie"\, n. [F.] An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gaucherie n 1: the quality of being rustic or gauche [syn: rusticity, gaucherie] [ant: urbanity] 2: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie]