finesse (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[finesse 词源字典]
1520s, "fineness" (obsolete); 1530s, "artifice, delicate stratagem," from Middle French finesse "fineness, subtlety," from Old French fin "subtle, delicate" (see fine (adj.)).[finesse etymology, finesse origin, 英语词源]
finesse (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"to use fine stratagems," 1746, originally as a term in whist; see finesse (n.). Related: Finessed; finessing.