esclandre

noun2

1. •
   An incident that occasions much disapproving talk; scandalous conduct; a scene.

   • "Not a word to my mother!" Pen cried out, in a state of great alarm. "She would never get over it. An esclandre of that sort would kill her, I do believe. […]" — 1850
2. •
   (no longer used) Infamy.