misalliance
English
Etymology
From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/
Noun
misalliance (plural misalliances)
- An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage. [from 18th c.]
- 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 97:
- A misalliance is more shocking to a Frenchman than to an Englishman, and Talleyrand was very French in his appreciation of the importance of family, and in his insistence upon outward correctness of behaviour.
- 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 97:
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