Esprit
[es'pri:]
Definition
(n.) Spirit.
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Definition
n. spirit: liveliness.—Esprit de corps (es-prē′ d' kōr) regard for the character of that body to which one belongs; Esprit fort (es-prē′ fōr) a person of strong character.
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I honour your _esprit_ _du_ _corps_. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I have been doing odds and ends at Avignon, at Pont Esprit, at Lyons; upon the Rhone, upon the Saone. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Sir, she demeaned herself with distinction; and I heard the French gentlemen say she was 'pétrie d'esprit et de graces. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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