Definition of Contritemps
||Con`tre*temps" (?), n. [F., fr.
contre (L. conta) + temps time, fr. L.
tempus.] An unexpected and untoward accident;
something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.
In this unhappy contretemps.
De Quincey.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An unforseen event; a hitch
- An awkward clash
Quotations:
*"It won't rank with the doping scandals in track and field and baseball's steroid controversy but the Rose Cup race had its own little contretemps last year." — Sunday Oregonian, June 13, 2004
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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