tracasserie

/ trəˈkæsərɪ /

noun

1. a turmoil; annoyance

Word History and Origins

Origin of tracasserie¹

from French, from tracasser to fuss about

Example Sentences

And then, instead of all that 'tracasserie' you have about your house, and your servants, and the thousand little 'inconvenance de m�nage,' you have one whom you consult on your toilette, your equipage, your 'coiffure,'—in fact, in all affairs of good taste.

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The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke, who loved 'tracasserie,' Began to treat him with some small 'agacerie.'

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The women I understand pretty well, and rare tracasserie there is among them—they are perfectly feminine in that respect at least.

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The Duchess of Fitz-Fulke, who loved tracasserie, Began to treat him with some small agacerie.

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First is a Scandal-loving Letter from Sir Gerald Denbigh to Lady Ulverston, a lady distinguished by a congenial love of tracasserie, and a congenial idolization of social distinctions; an address which passed for cleverness; unimpeachable taste in self-adornment; and who was courted by the ball-going part of London as a dispenser of tickets for Almack's.

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