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In French, gauche means, besides ` left, '` awkward, tactless, clumsy, lacking in social grace.'

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  1. adjective Living together in communities.
  2. adjective Of or relating to communal living.
  3. adjective Of or relating to human society and its modes of organization: social classes; social problems; a social issue.
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  • In French, gauche means, besides ` left, '` awkward, tactless, clumsy, lacking in social grace.' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1
  • Hooves, pointed and sharp, splayed and driven deep into sot't leaf, mould by the weight of tensed muscle. —  The Sound of Thunder
  • "I should have held no place whatever in English social life, and I should have received no welcome from those with whom I imagine you desire me to stand well." —  The Great Impersonation
  • "Everyone but Jerry out of here," Sylvia said. —  The Legacy of Heorot
  • "Loraine found him!" —  Madam Will You Talk
 

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  1. Middle English sociale, domestic, from Old French social, from Latin sociālis, of companionship, from socius, companion; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French social = Spanish Portuguese social = Italian sociale = German social, from Latin socialis, of or belonging to a companion or companionship or association, social, from socius, a companion, fellow, partner, associate, ally, as an adjective partaking, sharing, associated, from sequi, follow: see sequent.
 

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