Esprit

Word ESPRIT
Character 6
Hyphenation es prit
Pronunciations /ɛs.ˈpɹiː/

Definitions and meanings of "Esprit"

What do we mean by esprit?

Liveliness of mind or spirit; wittiness or sprightliness. noun

Spirit; wit; aptitude, especially of comprehension and expression. noun

Spirit. noun

A French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole. noun

Spirit, enthusiasm. noun

A wit. noun

Liveliness, or active mind and spirit. noun

Liveliness of mind or spirit noun

Spirit, enthusiasm.

A wit.

Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Esprit

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The word "esprit" in example sentences

One of the first things seared in to my psyche upon arrival at recruiter training in the Marines was the term esprit de corps. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the Supreme Court held that the military's interest in esprit de corps allowed it to keep a serviceman from wearing a yarmulke without violating the Free exercise Clause (this was before the 1990 decision in Smith), Congress promptly passed a bill mandating accommodation for religious items to be worn with uniforms. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Not merely were the men composing these drafts lacking largely in esprit de corps and unfamiliar with the traditions already established of the battalions into which they were drafted, but from the very fact that their original battalions had been left behind when the others went forward, they had been for some months in surroundings which did not make for high martial spirit. ❋ John George (1918)

Ratzinger has much more of what the French call esprit de finesse. ❋ Miglior Acque (2006)

Esprit de corps and jealousy pull the truth with frightful force, this way and that, and the picture becomes the more distorted because so-called esprit de corps is nothing more than generalized selfishness. ❋ Unknown (1911)

New officers were getting acquainted with their men; that wonderful thing that is called esprit de corps was being made all around me. ❋ Harry Lauder (1910)

The key point I consider to be the FB integration since it allowed multi directional communication - the presenters were reading messaged from people during the event, the users could see the reaction of other users - and thus creating a momentum - an "etat d'esprit" - around the event. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unhappily it lacks all the advantages which characterize the opera just named, as it is frivolous, without possessing the grace and "esprit", which distinguish ❋ Charles Annesley (N/A)

The "Daughter of the Regiment" happily combines Italian richness of melody with French "esprit" and French sallies, and hence the continued charm of this almost international music. ❋ Charles Annesley (N/A)

What the women needed wasn’t just individual heart; they needed something called esprit de corps. ❋ Fred Kiesche (2010)

A unity of purpose and action and an "esprit" on the part of all who were responsible for the welfare of those for whom the Emergency Relief Administration was created to serve has been evident. ❋ Unknown (1933)

Even then it was anonymous to those who were not in the secret of the anagrammatic character of its title; and the preface and dedication are so worded as, in case of necessity, to give the printer a fair chance of falling back on the excuse that the work was intended for a mere 'jeu d'esprit'. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

How far this may be true, I know not; but if it were, I should be a poet 'per eccellenza;' for I have always had 'une ame,' which not only tormented itself but every body else in contact with it; and an 'esprit violent,' which has almost left me without any 'esprit' at all. ❋ Byron, George G (1854)

As it is, her notes and 'jeux d'esprit' struck off 'a trait de plume, 'have great point and neatness. ❋ Mary Russell Mitford (1821)

A 'jeu d'esprit' which appeared in the 'Morning Chronicle' (August 16, 1811) connects the ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

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