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‖ maladresse|mæləˈdrɛs|
Also in anglicized form maladdress.
[a. F. maladresse, noun of quality to maladroit: see maladroit.]
Want of dexterity or tact; awkwardness.
1804E. de Acton Tale without Title II. 192 Without the least maladresse, they visited in the family, as if nothing material had occurred. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. xlii. (1865) V. 149 His behaviour was in striking contrast both with the reserve of Augustus and the mal-address of Tiberius. 1870R. Broughton Red as Rose I. viii. 158 An unlucky footman..had the maladresse to drop three spoons that he was carrying upon a tray. |