Noun: bel esprit
| Singular | bel esprit |
| Plural | beaux esprits |
Sample Sentences
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a man of letters and a bel esprit [1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC:]
Etymology
Borrowed from French bel esprit. See: French Nouns '
bel esprit'.