bel esprit

noun

bel esprit

noun

UK /bɛlɛˈspɹi/

Etymology Borrowed from French bel esprit.

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:

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