Brewer's: Esclandre

An event which gives rise to scandal. “By the famous Boulogne esclandre.

“Since the last `esclandre' he had held little or no communication with her.” —Lady Herbert: Edith, 18.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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