(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:05:44

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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