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JEU D'ESPRIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jeu d'esprit mean?
• JEU D'ESPRIT (noun)
The noun JEU D'ESPRIT has 1 sense:
1. a witty comment or writing
Familiarity information: JEU D'ESPRIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A witty comment or writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("jeu d'esprit" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
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