Definition of Contretemps
Con`tre`temps´
n.
1.
An
unexpected
and
untoward
accident
;
something
inopportune
or
embarrassing
;
a
hitch
.
In
this
unhappy
contretemps
.
- De Quincey.
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,
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,
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,
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