esclandre

noun

es·​clandre

esklääⁿdr(ᵊ),

-d(rə)

plural esclandres

"

: an incident that arouses unpleasant talk or gives rise to scandal : a public unpleasant altercation : scene

Word History

Etymology

French, from Middle French, scandal

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