beaux-esprits

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beaux-esprits - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bel-esprit \Bel"-es*prit"\, n.; pl. Beaux-esprits. [F., fine
     wit.]
     A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a bel
     esprit." --W. Irving.
     [1913 Webster]