FWIW I shall post here, for the mutual benefit of the audience, the relevant entry from the beloved & trusted website, etymonline.com: > embarrassment (n.) >

FWIW I shall post here, for the mutual benefit of the audience, the relevant entry from the beloved & trusted website, etymonline.com: > embarrassment (n.) > 1670s, "state of being impeded, obstructed, or entangled" (of affairs, etc.), from embarrass + -ment, or from French embarrassement, from embarrasser. > As "a mental state of unease," from 1774. Meaning "thing which embarrasses" is from 1729. Earlier words expressing much the same idea include baishment "embarrassment, confusion" (late 14c.); baishednesse (mid-15c.). It is natural in a language that words are being used in older alongside with newer connotations. "He was embarrassed by the embarassment of riches on display" is maybe awkwardly worded but possible nonetheless.