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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 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.
Maurice beyond Max: the yonder side of the see-saw by Alderson, Brian / The Horn Book Magazine
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