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Webster 1913 Edition
Esprit
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Esˊprit′
,Noun.
[F. See
Spirit
.] Spirit.
Esprit de corps
, a French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole.
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See also: Esprit
English
Noun
esprit (uncountable)
- Spirit, enthusiasm.
- A wit.
- Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.
Related terms
Translations
spirit, enthusiasm
wit
liveliness, or active mind and spirit
References
- esprit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French esperit, from Old French, a borrowing from Latin spiritus through Ecclesiastical Latin and Christian religious texts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛspʁi/
Noun
esprit m (plural esprits)
- immaterial or incorporeal substance
- disembodied mind
- mind (in the wide sense)
- mind (as principle of thought)
- specific mind aptitude
- high mind aptitude
- deep intention, sense, or purpose (of a text, action, attitude...); philosophy (in figurative sense)
- (metonymically) human being, as possessing abilities of mind
- (old) volatile fluid ; (in particular) alcohol
Descendants
- Turkish: espri (“humor, joke”)