[gauche] adj, sometimes gauch.er sometimes gauch.est [F, lit., left] (1751) 1 a: lacking social experience or grace; also: not tactful: crude "it would be ~ to mention the subject" b: crudely made or done "a ~ turn of phrase"
2: not planar "~ conformation of molecules" syn see awkward -- gauche.ly adv -- gauche.ness n