esclandre

== English == === Etymology === French. Doublet of slander and scandal === Pronunciation === === Noun === esclandre (countable and uncountable, plural esclandres) An incident that occasions much disapproving talk; scandalous conduct; a scene. 2012, John Bew' Castlereagh: A Life, Chapter 19: Castlereagh and Emily took Frederick under their care and tried to provide a steady influence for the boy. AfterEton he had initially attended Oxford, where—according to Walter Scott—"there was some esclandre or other which forced him to move to Edinburgh University […] (archaic) Infamy. === Anagrams === calenders, encradles == French == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin scandalum. Doublet of scandale === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.klɑ̃dʁ/ === Noun === esclandre m (plural esclandres) scandal; scene, fracas === Further reading === “esclandre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012