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BEL-ESPRIT

Definition: BEL-ESPRIT

BEL-ESPRIT

Noun

1. A fine genius, or man of wit.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Bel-esprit \Bel"-es*prit"\, noun; plural Beaux -esprits. [French expression, fine wit.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Crosswords: BEL-ESPRIT

English words defined with "BEL-ESPRIT": Beaux-esprits. (references)

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Modern Translations: BEL-ESPRIT

Language Translations for "BEL-ESPRIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

贝耳伶俐. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

el-espritbay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BEL-ESPRIT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: epistler, peltries, perlites, reptiles.

-2 letters: beliers, belters, blister, bristle, epistle, leister, pelites, pelters, perlite, pestier, petrels, replies, reptile, respelt, respite, resplit, retiles, riblets, spelter, spieler, sterile, trebles, triples.

-3 letters: belier, belies, belter, berets, bestir, betels, betise, birles, bister, bistre, biters, bleeps, blites, elites, esprit, lepers, libers, lisper, listee, lister, liters, litres, pelite, pelter.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-p-r-s-t"
 

+2 letters: putrescible.

 

+3 letters: boilerplates, disreputable, preestablish, presbyterial, tribespeople.

 

+4 letters: alphabetizers, operabilities, presbyterials.

 

+5 letters: disrespectable, drapeabilities, permeabilities, preestablished, preestablishes, pregnabilities, presbyterially, presentability, preservability, profitableness, repressibility, reputabilities, respectability, separabilities, unpredictables.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BEL-ESPRIT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 45 4C 2D 45 53 50 52 49 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000101 01001100 00101101 01000101 01010011 01010000 01010010 01001001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#76 &#45 &#69 &#83 &#80 &#82 &#73 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 004C 002D 0045 0053 0050 0052 0049 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36394615395350524354

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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