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Definition of Savoir-faire
1. Noun. Social skill.
Definition of Savoir-faire
1. Noun. The ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Savoir-faire
Literary usage of Savoir-faire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... and to check those insults which arise from coarseness of mind, ignorance,
and lack of savoir-faire, rather than from malignity of disposition. Right. ..."
2. The World of Proverb and Parable: With Illustrations from History, Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood (1885)
"Savoir faire. And you surely know that eminent pulpit orator, the Rev. ...
Savoir faire is the oleaginous faculty. We spent an evening with him not long ..."
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