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Word Meanings - FINESSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2. (more info) 1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.

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  • ANTICAUSODIC
    See ANTICAUSOTIC
  • SLEIGHTLY
    Cunningly. Huloet.
  • ANTICLY
    Oddly; grotesquely.
  • ANTICHLOR
    Any substance used in removing the excess of chlorine left in paper pulp or stuffs after bleaching.
  • ANTIC-MASK
    An antimask. B. Jonson.
  • ANTICHRISTIANISM; ANTICHRISTIANITY
    Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
  • ARTIFICER
    A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one
  • SLEIGHT
    1. Cunning; craft; artful practice. "His sleight and his covin." Chaucer. 2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. The world hath many subtle sleights. Latimer. 3. Dexterous
  • FINESSE
    The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2. (more info) 1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.
  • ILLUSIONABLE
    Liable to illusion.
  • SLEIGHTY
    Cunning; sly. Huloet.
  • ANTICIPANT
    Anticipating; expectant; -- with of. Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey.
  • POLISHMENT
    The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
  • ANTICOHERER
    A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The
  • ANTIC
    "Lords of antic fame." Phaer. 2. Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous. The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison. The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller. (more info) 1.
  • ANTICIPATIVE
    Anticipating, or containing anticipation. "Anticipative of the feast to come." Cary. -- An*tic"i*pa*tive*ly, adv.
  • JUGGLERESS
    1. A female juggler. T. Warton.
  • TRICKISH
    Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n.
  • UNDECEIVE
    To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake. South.
  • CHEATABLE
    Capable of being cheated.
  • INFANTICIDE
    The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder. (more info) antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide. See Infant, and
  • REPOLISH
    To polish again.
  • UNBEGUILE
    To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. "Then unbeguile thyself." Donne.
  • UNCIVILIZATION
    The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.
  • SELF-DELUSION
    The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.
  • ROMANTICAL
    Romantic.

 

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