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jeu d'esprit
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jeu d'esprit French [ʒø dɛspri]
n pl jeux d'esprit [ʒø dɛspri]
a light-hearted display of wit or cleverness, esp in literature
[literally: play of spirit]
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Noun1.jeu d'esprit - a witty comment or writing
humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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The "tri" points to Rimbaud's engagement of the reader in actual games, poetic jeux d'esprit.
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The organ, played for the first time last year by world-renowned organist Nicholas Kynaston, came first in the Jeux d'esprit - the mind at play - category.
National award for new school organ by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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