esprit fort

English

Etymology

French esprit fort

Noun

esprit fort (plural esprits forts)

  1. A person of strong character.
    • 1831, Fraser's Magazine (volume 4, page 107)
      And, upon the same principle, we think, if Sir Henry had consumed his liquids like an Irish gentleman, his son would have been an esprit fort.

French

Noun

esprit fort m (plural esprits forts)

  1. esprit fort
  2. freethinker
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