LekhoriLekhoriAn unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
...and said "she had been the most efficient friend of the charity;" and whether a whisper that had gone forth respecting her contretemps with the strange man was spread, or it had fortunately been so well managed by the Count as to have escaped observation...
An ill-timed pass.
Borrowed from French contretemps.
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