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beaux esprits

beaux esprits is the plural of bel esprit.

Meaning of bel esprit

Noun

bel esprit (plural beaux esprits)

  1. A very witty or clever person.
    • a man of letters and a bel esprit1824, 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

Questions about beaux esprits

What is beaux esprits the plural of?
Beaux esprits is the plural of bel esprit.

Words near beaux esprits in the dictionary

  1. Beauvoirian
  2. Beauvoisin
  3. beauwalloside
  4. beaux
  5. beaux arts
  6. beaux esprits
  7. beaux gestes
  8. beaux idéals
  9. beaux joueurs
  10. beaux mondes
  11. beaux sabreurs

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