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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
savoir-faire
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ people with money and savoir-faire
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ What vanity, to imagine that Tommaso was continuing his exhibition of savoir-faire acquired in Naples for his benefit.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
savoir-faire

"instinctive knowledge of the right course of action in any circumstance," 1815, from French, literally "to know (how) to do," from savoir "to know" (from Latin sapere; see sapient) + faire (from Latin facere; see factitious). French also has savoir-vivre "ability in good society; knowledge of customs in the world."

Wiktionary
savoir-faire

n. The ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion.

WordNet
savoir-faire

n. social skill [syn: address]

Wikipedia
Savoir-Faire

Savoir-Faire is a piece of interactive fiction written by Emily Short, about a magician in 18th-century France searching his aristocratic adoptive father's house. It won the Best Game, Best Story, Best Individual Player Character and Best Puzzles awards at the 2002 Xyzzy Awards, and was a finalist for four other categories. Puzzles in the game require the player to make "leap[s] of inference" between objects with similar functions. The game was generally praised for its unique use of magical powers (based on weaving links between similar objects, so that anything that happens to one happens to both) and its high-quality implementation. A mini-game follow-up, Damnatio Memoriae, was released in 2006.