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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| bel esprit |
| SYLLABICATION: | bel es·prit |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b l -spr  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. beaux es·prits ( b z-spr)A cultivated, highly intelligent person. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | French : bel, fine + esprit, mind. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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