Finesse vs. Panache

Finessenoun

(uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.

Finessenoun

(uncountable) The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.

Finessenoun

(countable) An adroit manoeuvre.

Finessenoun

In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.

Finesseverb

To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or strategem.

Finesseverb

To play (a card) as a finesse.

Finesseverb

(ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.

Finesseverb

To attempt to win a trick by finessing.

Finesseverb

To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.

Finessenoun

Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.

Finessenoun

The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.

Finesseverb

To use artifice or stratagem.

Finesseverb

To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

Finessenoun

subtly skillful handling of a situation

Finesse

In contract bridge and similar games, a finesse is a card play technique which will enable a player to win an additional trick or tricks should there be a favorable position of one or more cards in the hands of the opponents. The player attempts to win either the current trick or a later trick with a card of the suit he leads notwithstanding that the opponents hold a higher card in the suit; the attempt is based on the assumption that the higher card is held by a particular opponent.

Panachenoun

(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.

Panachenoun

(uncountable) Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve.

Panachenoun

A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.

Panachenoun

A pleasingly flamboyant style or manner; flair{4}; verve.

Panachenoun

distinctive and stylish elegance;

Panachenoun

a feathered plume on a helmet

Panache

Panache (French pronunciation: ​[panaʃ]) is a word of French origin that carries the connotation of flamboyant manner and reckless courage, derived from the helmet-plume worn by cavalrymen in the Early Modern period.The literal translation is a plume, such as is worn on a hat or a helmet; the reference is to King Henry IV of France (13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), a pleasure-loving and cynical military leader, famed for wearing a striking white plume in his helmet and for his war cry: (French: ).