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esprit

[e-spree]

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noun

sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.

Origin:
1585–95; < French < Latin spīritus spirit

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esprit (ɛˈspriː)

—n
	spirit and liveliness, esp in wit

[C16: from French, from Latin spīritus a breathing, spirit¹]

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esprit

1591, from M.Fr. esprit "spirit, mind," from O.Fr. espirit, from L. spiritus "spirit." Esprit de corps first recorded 1780. Fr. also has the excellent phrase esprit de l'escalier, lit. "spirit of the staircase," defined in OED as, "a retort or remark that occurs to a person after the opportunity to make

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it has passed."

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