faux pasn.

Brit.

/ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/, U.S.

/ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/

Etymology: French faux false + pas step.

A false step, figurative; a slip, a trip; an act which compromises one's reputation, esp. a woman's lapse from virtue. Cf. a false step at false adj. 6a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder > embarrassing

mistread1597

directitudea1616

faux pas1676

misstep1788

gaffe1909

blooper1947

clanger1948

goof1955

1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer v. i Before this faux pas, this trip of mine, the world could not talk of me.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 350 Terræ Filius..taxes them with any faux-pas, or irregularities, they may have committed.

1764 S. Foote Lyar i. ii. 15 A firework..well design'd? Sir J. Superb. Y. Wild. And happily executed? Sir J. Not a single faux pas.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lx. 145 Foreigners don't know that a faux pas In England ranks quite on a different list.

1840 R. H. Barham Some Acct. New Play in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 306 His Lordship..Conceived that his daughter had made a faux pas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	faux pas
释义	faux pasn. Brit. /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/, U.S. /ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/ Etymology: French faux false + pas step. A false step, figurative; a slip, a trip; an act which compromises one's reputation, esp. a woman's lapse from virtue. Cf. a false step at false adj. 6a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder > embarrassing mistread1597 directitudea1616 faux pas1676 misstep1788 gaffe1909 blooper1947 clanger1948 goof1955 1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer v. i Before this faux pas, this trip of mine, the world could not talk of me. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 350 Terræ Filius..taxes them with any faux-pas, or irregularities, they may have committed. 1764 S. Foote Lyar i. ii. 15 A firework..well design'd? Sir J. Superb. Y. Wild. And happily executed? Sir J. Not a single faux pas. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV lx. 145 Foreigners don't know that a faux pas In England ranks quite on a different list. 1840 R. H. Barham Some Acct. New Play in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 306 His Lordship..Conceived that his daughter had made a faux pas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676
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