What is "esclandre"

Usage examples of "esclandre".

Uncertain as to who had been present at the dinner-party, Honoria believed that each gentleman who looked at her was mentally charging her with the shame of that midnight esclandre, and saw in the meaning smiles and nods which, upon her entrance, were liberally bestowed upon her, only veiled insolence or contemptuous wonder.

She had suffered from these snubs before, but had never had the chance of forcing an esclandre, as a result of her own humiliation.