savoirn.

Brit.

/ˈsavwɑː/, U.S.

/ˈˌsævˈˌwɑr/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French savoir.

Etymology: < French savoir fact of knowing, knowledge (842 in Old French as savir ), wisdom (end of the 10th cent. as savier ), fact of knowing the required behaviour in a given situation, etiquette (1463–4 in Middle French as sçavoir ), use as noun of savoir to know, to know how (see savant n.). Compare earlier savoir faire n., savoir vivre n.

Knowledge, wisdom; know-how. Cf. savvy n.Also with modifying word indicating the field in which such knowledge or skill is possessed. Cf. also savoir faire n., savoir vivre n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [noun]

shrewdnessa1616

common sense1658

savoir vivre1745

savoir faire1788

savoir1823

conventional wisdom1838

sophistication1850

canniness1878

hep1914

hipness1937

move1966

1823 Countess of Blessington Jrnl. 12 Aug. in E. Clay Lady Blessington at Naples (1979) 64 Glad as I was to profit by the savoir of Sir William Gell.., yet I could have wished to ramble alone.

1868 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon III ii. 35 With the grave she is serious; with the lively, gay; and, with the scientific, she only permits just a sufficient extent of her savoir to be revealed, to encourage the development of theirs.

1911 A. Bennett Card x. 236 He had latterly acquired a considerable amount of social savoir.

1932 W. Thurman Infants of Spring xviii. 183 It gave him pleasure that he should have such a pertinent example of their lack of social savoir.

2005 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 13 Aug. 79 All of which forces us to recall and confront a third morsel of journalistic savoir. That which maintains nothing is ever exactly what it seems.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	savoir
释义	savoirn. Brit. /ˈsavwɑː/, U.S. /ˈˌsævˈˌwɑr/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French savoir. Etymology: < French savoir fact of knowing, knowledge (842 in Old French as savir ), wisdom (end of the 10th cent. as savier ), fact of knowing the required behaviour in a given situation, etiquette (1463–4 in Middle French as sçavoir ), use as noun of savoir to know, to know how (see savant n.). Compare earlier savoir faire n., savoir vivre n. Knowledge, wisdom; know-how. Cf. savvy n.Also with modifying word indicating the field in which such knowledge or skill is possessed. Cf. also savoir faire n., savoir vivre n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [noun] shrewdnessa1616 common sense1658 savoir vivre1745 savoir faire1788 savoir1823 conventional wisdom1838 sophistication1850 canniness1878 hep1914 hipness1937 move1966 1823 Countess of Blessington Jrnl. 12 Aug. in E. Clay Lady Blessington at Naples (1979) 64 Glad as I was to profit by the savoir of Sir William Gell.., yet I could have wished to ramble alone. 1868 J. S. C. Abbott Hist. Napoleon III ii. 35 With the grave she is serious; with the lively, gay; and, with the scientific, she only permits just a sufficient extent of her savoir to be revealed, to encourage the development of theirs. 1911 A. Bennett Card x. 236 He had latterly acquired a considerable amount of social savoir. 1932 W. Thurman Infants of Spring xviii. 183 It gave him pleasure that he should have such a pertinent example of their lack of social savoir. 2005 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 13 Aug. 79 All of which forces us to recall and confront a third morsel of journalistic savoir. That which maintains nothing is ever exactly what it seems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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