/ · 1894 Brewer’s · B · Bel Esprit (French)
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A vivacious wit; a man or woman of quick and lively parts, ready at repartee. (Plural, beaux esprits.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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