beaux-esprits

[boh-zes-pree]

noun French.

plural of bel-esprit.

bel-esprit

[bel-es-pree]

noun, plural beaux-es·prits

[boh-zes-pree] /boʊ zɛsˈpri/. French.

a person of great wit or intellect.

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Historical Examples of beaux-esprits

I perceive here will be a wit-combat between these beaux-esprits.
Three Hours after Marriage
John Gay
The fourth or Byzantine style of epigrammatic composition was cultivated by the beaux-esprits of the court of Justinian.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2
Various
Another source of torment to me not less considerable was that of the beaux-esprits of the Ulemas of the city of Khiva.
Travels in Central Asia
Arminius Vmbry