VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / bel-esprit

Thesaurus: bel-esprit

A fine genius, or man of wit.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

mandefinitionfinedefinitiongeniusdefinitionwitdefinitionirvingdefinitionlettersdefinitionbeldefinitionespritdefinitionBel-esprit (pl.)familybejewelsneighborbejuconeighborbejumbleneighborbekahneighborbeknaveneighborbeknowneighborbel cantoneighborbel espritneighborbel-accoyleneighborbelaborneighborbelaboredneighborbelaboringneighborbelaborsneighborbelabourneighborbelabouredneighborbelabouringneighborbelaboursneighborbelaceneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. A fine genius, or man of wit.
  2. A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a bel esprit." W. Irving.
  3. A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a belesprit." W. Irving.