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contretemps \KAHN-truh-tahn\, noun;
plural contretemps \-tahnz\:
An inopportune or embarrassing situation or event; a hitch.

Contretemps comes from French, from contre, "against" (from Latin contra) + temps, "time" (from Latin tempus).

liverish \LIV-eh-ish\ adjective

1. Resembling liver, especially in color.

2. Ill-natured, grouchy.

From Middle English, Old English lifer + -ish. From the former belief that such disposition was a symptom of excess secretion of bile due to liver disorder.
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