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beaux esprits
[ boh zes-pree ]
noun
, French.
- plural of bel esprit:
In an era ironically called the Enlightenment, these young women were discouraged from becoming beaux esprits.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beaux esprits1
First recorded in 1630–40; bel esprit ( def )
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Example Sentences
The literary world is divided into three corresponding classes—rudits, philosophes and beaux esprits.
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Another source of torment to me not less considerable was that of the beaux-esprits of the Ulemas of the city of Khiva.
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She has uncommon, sense and knowledge for a woman, and her house is the resort of one set of 'les beaux esprits.
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One could hardly find a knocker at a door in a whole street after a midnight expedition of these beaux esprits.
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I perceive here will be a wit-combat between these beaux-esprits.
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