BEL-ESPRIT

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 5

(Fr.) A term formerly naturalized in i'.ngland, applied to those individuals whose conversa-iv'!,.!"/ Tn">'*^ "'"*l''''*y "^1 agreeable sprightline or ^iy . (Diet. Aca. Franc.) 110 BELLES-LETTRES. [s. 153]