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esclandres

esclandres is the plural of esclandre.

Meaning of esclandre

Noun

esclandre (countable and uncountable, plural esclandres)

  1. An incident that occasions much disapproving talk; scandalous conduct; a scene.
    • The simple truth, if adhered to, might not have answered the purposes of the narrator, because lapses from conjugal fidelity are unhappily not crimes unknown or unpardonable in Italy; but when to it were added exaggerated representations of the disgraceful esclandre of a public elopement, and the...1835, Countess of Blessington, chapter XLVI, in The Two Friends
  2. (archaic) Infamy.
    • The old Lord had, wisely enough, settled in his will that Lucia was to enjoy the interest of her fortune from the time that she came out, provided she did not marry without her guardian's leave; and Scoutbush, to avoid esclandre and misery, thought it as well to waive the proviso, and paid her her...1901, Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago, Volume I

Questions about esclandres

What is esclandres the plural of?
Esclandres is the plural of esclandre.

Words near esclandres in the dictionary

  1. eschynites
  2. ESCI
  3. escin
  4. escitalopram
  5. esclandre
  6. esclandres
  7. esclavage
  8. esclavages
  9. esclavagism
  10. esclop
  11. Esclusham

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