The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spirituelle
Spirituelle \Spi`ri`tu`elle"\, a. [F.] Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal.
Usage examples of "spirituelle".
The French are spirituelle, elegant, and voluptuous, but are false at heart.
Frankly, it is not a bit nice for a man of position to walk down a respectable thoroughfare, nodding to his acquaintances with dignified composure, when a backward glance has disclosed his kangaroo dog dawdling along at his heels, lithe, svelte and spirituelle, with about ten pounds of stolen sausages hanging festooned from his mouth, and tripping him up from time to time.
MAETERLINCK: L'Ornement des Noces spirituelles de Ruysbroeck, Bruxelles, 1891, Introduction, p.