1. Délicatesse. Finesse d'un trait.
2. Adresse.
3. Perspicacité. Finesse psychologique.
ETYM Latin acumen, from acuere to sharpen. Related to Acute.
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
Quickness to perceive; shrewdness.
ETYM From Old Fren. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. Dutch horde hurdle, fence, German horde, hürde; akin to Eng. hurdle. Related to Hurdle.
The act of one who hoards.
ETYM French, from fin fine. Related to Fine.
1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
2. The act of finessing.