misalliance
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L323991 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/
noun
Etymology: From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance.
- An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage.
“A misalliance is more shocking to a Frenchman than to an Englishman, and Talleyrand was very French in his appreciation of the importance of family, and in his insistence upon outward correctness of behaviour.”