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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Contretemps

/kän'-trət-ĕmpsˌ/ · Con·tre·temps · IPA /ˈkɑːn.tɹə.tɑ̃/
01 n. An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.
  1. 1.
    An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.
    “In this unhappy contretemps.” De Quincey.