Hypertext Webster Gateway: "esprits"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bel-esprit \Bel"-es*prit"\, n.; pl. {Beaux}{-esprits}. [F., fine
wit.]
A fine genius, or man of wit. ``A man of letters and a bel
esprit.'' --W. Irving.
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