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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] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The dramatic use of space in Wild Things itself, the attempt, in The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm (Farrar), to make one drawing summarize the emotional Wendepunkt of the story, the referential - almost hermetic - pictures for In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There, these are the outstanding instances of a complex artistic game which is very different from the jeux d'esprit of earlier times. |
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