| Gauche | ‖n. [ F. ] 1. Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Geom.) Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Lacking grace and perceptivity in social situations; crude; tactless; socially inept.
Syn. -- graceless; unsophisticated. [ PJC ] 4. (Chem.) Not planar; -- of molecules or molecular conformations. [ PJC ] |
| Gaucho | ‖n., pl. Gauchos /plu> [ Sp. ] One of the native inhabitants of the South American pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle. Hence, a South American cowboy, especially on the pampas. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A member of an Indian population, somewhat affected by Spanish blood, in the archipelagoes off the Chilean coast. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
