jeu d'esprit
noun
a witticism.
jeux d'esprit
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pluralof jeu d'esprit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The two early works by him that happily overlapped this season in major London productions are often regarded as the merely playful jeux d’esprit of a giddy lad with an insatiable and compendious mind.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2017
Bizarre jeux d'esprit, they seem to issue from some other part of Williams's mind, until one considers that the work in this show all belongs to a world outside speech.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2012
Such ironic jeux d'esprit are utterly foreign to the old wives' tale.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2010
Its jeux d'esprit are sometimes not in the best of taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the best of her jeux d'esprit is the 'Groans of the Tankard,' which was written in early days, with much spirit and real humour.
From A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Anne Thackeray Ritchie
