gauche

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(Inglese)

Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
(archaic) Skewed, not plane.
Describing a torsion angle of 60°.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɡəʊʃ/

Affine tedesco antico alto

Affine inglese antico

Affine inglese

Affine norse antico

In summary

Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”), from Old French gaucher (“to trample, walk clumsily”), from Frankish *walkan (“to full, trample”), from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to full, roll up”). Akin to Old High German walchan (“to knead”), Old English wealcian (“to roll up, curl”) and English walk, Old Norse valka (“to drag about”). More at walk.