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Word: M%C3%A9salliance
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
French, from més- ‘wrong, misdirected’ + alliance (see alliance)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
mɛˈzalɪəns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a marriage with a person thought to be unsuitable
Short Definition:marriage with person thought to be unsuitable
Examples:- the loss of half a million francs only underlined the fact that her son was making a mésalliance
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