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faux pas

noun
/ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/UK/ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ/US

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French faux pas (“faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”).

  1. derived from faux pas — “faux pas, blunder; misstep, false step”

Definitions

  1. An embarrassing or tactless blunder.

    • Now my dear Lady Teazle if you but once make a trifling Faux Pas you can't conceive how cautious you would grow, and how ready to humour and agree with your Husband.
    • A saint after repentance will forgive himself for a sin; a man about town will never forgive himself for a faux pas.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA