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belle esprit

belle esprit is the misspelling 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 belle esprit

What is belle esprit the misspelling of?
Belle esprit is the misspelling of bel esprit.

Words near belle esprit in the dictionary

  1. Belle Chasse
  2. Belle Creek
  3. belle dame sans merci
  4. Belle de Boskoop
  5. belle epoque
  6. belle esprit
  7. Belle Fontaine
  8. Belle Fourche
  9. Belle Glade
  10. belle indifference
  11. Belle Isle

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