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‖ savoir faire|savwar fɛr|
[Fr.; savoir (formerly often miswritten sçavoir) to know, know how (inf. used subst.) + faire to do.]
Tact, address; the instinctive knowledge of the right course of action upon any given emergency.
1815Scott Guy M. xxxv, He had great confidence in his own savoir faire. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Black Mousquetaire, He..show'd so much of the true sçavoir faire. 1886Manch. Exam. 15 Mar. 5/5 Sir Charles Warren has the versatility and savoir-faire which will enable him to do good work as Chief Commissioner of the London police. 1897E. A. Bartlett Battlefields of Thessaly iv. 74 He was a fine powerful man, with plenty of courage and savoir faire. 1924Granta 25 Apr. 361/2 He had, it seems, spent previously some months at Deauville and Paris..and there acquired that polished French and developed that savoir⁓faire, both so typical of him. 1965A. Renoir in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 159 If he is indeed the speaker's husband and Wulf her lover, we could hardly expect him to stretch the limits of savoir faire to the point of offering the latter a cup of mead at the family table. 1974J. Betjeman Nip in Air 28 A luncheon and a drink or two, a little savoir faire―. |