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Jeu d'esprit

noun
1.
A witty comment or writing.






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"Jeu d'esprit" Quotes from Famous Books



... constitution, it was his lot to witness the death-bed of the queen, for whose amusement he had penned the jeu d'esprit just quoted, in which there was, perhaps, as ...
— The Wits and Beaux of Society - Volume 1 • Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton



Words linked to "Jeu d'esprit" :   witticism, wittiness, France, humour, wit, French Republic, humor



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