spirituel
Americanadjective
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showing or having a refined and graceful mind or wit.
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light and airy in movement; ethereal.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of spirituel
First recorded in 1665–75; from French: literally, “spiritual”; see origin at spiritual
Example Sentences
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It is impossible, even with Wouwermans, who is so spirituel and clever, to find a richer, more animated, more varied, and more brilliant composition.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Esther Singleton
The men returned his look kindly; in her face there was something more than kindness--something too spirituel for definition, which yet went to his inner consciousness without definition.
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
In Aubrey’s eyes she had been “a dull, humdrum thing,” only fit to cook and sew, and utterly beneath the notice of any one so elevated and spirituel as himself.
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
My bearing is entirely agreeable, and in all my actions I have an air infinitely spirituel.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine
We must not omit to record a bon mot of the bride, which shows that she possesses all the wit for which her spirituel family has been so long celebrated.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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