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mésalliance

Today it means: Marriage with a person of inferior social position. Full definition →

French mésalliance

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English todaymésalliance

Borrowed from French mésalliance, from mésallier (“to misally”).

Words from the same roots

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misalliance

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.