beaux-esprits
[ boh-zes-pree ]
/ boʊ zɛsˈpri /
noun French.
plural of bel-esprit.
Words nearby beaux-esprits
beauvais,
beauvoir,
beaux,
beaux' stratagem, the,
beaux-arts,
beaux-esprits,
beaver,
beaver cloth,
beaver dam,
beaver falls,
beaver state
Definition for beaux-esprits (2 of 2)
bel-esprit
[ bel-es-pree ]
/ bɛl ɛsˈpri /
noun, plural beaux-es·prits [boh-zes-pree] /boʊ zɛsˈpri/. French.
a person of great wit or intellect.
Example sentences from the Web for beaux-esprits
I perceive here will be a wit-combat between these beaux-esprits.
Three Hours after Marriage |John GayAnother source of torment to me not less considerable was that of the beaux-esprits of the Ulemas of the city of Khiva.
Travels in Central Asia |Arminius VmbryThe fourth or Byzantine style of epigrammatic composition was cultivated by the beaux-esprits of the court of Justinian.