(frz.)Kultiviertheit, Überfeinerung; auch als negative Bez. verwendet für Gerissenheit, Durchtriebenheit.
The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.
ETYM French, from fin fine. Related to Fine.
1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
2. The act of finessing.
ETYM Cf. French raffinement.
1. Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression; SYN. breeding, genteelness, gentility.
2. The result of improving something; SYN. elaboration.
ETYM Cf. Late Lat. sophisticatio, French sophistication.
The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; SYN. worldliness.