‖Con′tre‐temps″ (?), n. [F., fr. contre (L. conta) + temps time, fr. L. tempus.] An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.
In this unhappy contretemps.
De Quincey.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.