jeu d'esprit

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  1. A witticism; a play of wit. We had no idea that the task before us was to examine and report upon a somewhat mild jeu d'esprit. Nature, XXXVIII. 28.

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  1. French: jeu, a play; de, of; esprit, spirit: see spirit.
 

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