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Belles-lettres

Belles-lettres Meaning & Definition
Belles-lettres Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Belles-lettres?

[n] creative writing valued for esthetic content
[n] creative writing valued for esthetic content

Synonyms | Synonyms for Belles-lettres: belles lettres | belles-lettres

Related Terms | Find terms related to Belles-lettres: ancient literature | classics | contemporary literature | erotic literature | erotica | folk literature | French literature | humane letters | kitsch | letters | literature | medieval literature | national literature | obscene literature | polite literature | pop literature | popular literature | pornographic literature | pornography | pseudonymous literature | Renaissance literature | republic of letters | scatological literature | serious literature | travel literature | underground literature | wisdom literature

See Also | literary composition | literary work

Belles-lettres In Webster's Dictionary

\Belles-let"tres\, n. pl. [F.] Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

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