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Definition of Contretemps

Contretemps
Contretemps 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.

Meaning of Contretemps from wikipedia

- plays survive from this period. The most noteworthy are L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps (The Bungler) and Le Docteur Amoureux (The Doctor in Love); with these...
- L’Étourdi ou les Contretemps (The Blunderer, or the Counterplots), also known in English as The Bungler, is a five-act theatrical comedy by the French...
- Campus of the University of Saskatchewan in 1961. After a protracted contretemps over the siting of several faculties in Saskatoon which had been promised...
- Libertaires, collection A contretemps, 2011. Phil Casoar [fr], Une aventure espagnole : un entretien avec Georges Navel, (À contretemps), n°14-15, December...
- Vincent and Jules wash up in Jimmie's bathroom, where they get into a contretemps over a bloody hand towel. When the diner hold-up turns into a standoff...
- l'épreuve des Lumières. Les stratégies critiques de la Haskalah", in: ContreTemps, n° 17, septembre 2006 (in French) Ruderman, David B. (2000). Jewish...
- that illumines an object from the other side of your own point of view. contretemps an awkward clash; a delay. coquette a flirtatious girl; a tease. cordon...
- John J. Crittenden to the post of Attorney General. Despite this, the contretemps continued until the president's death. Clay was not the only one who...
- CityPress. Retrieved 7 June 2018. Davis, Rebecca. "SHIVAMBU – MOMONIAT CONTRETEMPS: 'His contribution is second to none': Former comrades defend Treasury's...
- Josef von Sternberg (German: [ˈjoːzɛf fɔn ˈʃtɛʁnbɛʁk]; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-born filmmaker whose career...