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belle-lettrist

belle-lettrist noun: one versed in belles-lettres (humanities).

Noun

belle-lettrist (plural belle-lettrists)

  1. (archaic) One versed in belles-lettres (humanities).
    • Usamah was a master adib – the refined Arab belle-lettrist par excellence – writing books and poems on the delights of women, male manners (The Kernels of Refinement), eroticism and warfare.2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 268

Forms of belle-lettrist

pluralbelle-lettrists

Origin of belle-lettrist

From belles-lettres + -ist.

Questions about belle-lettrist

What does belle-lettrist mean?
Belle-lettrist means one versed in belles-lettres (humanities).
What part of speech is belle-lettrist?
Belle-lettrist is a noun.
What is the plural of belle-lettrist?
The plural of belle-lettrist is belle-lettrists.

Words near belle-lettrist in the dictionary

  1. belle sabreuse
  2. Belle Vue
  3. belle weather
  4. belle époque
  5. belle-lettre
  6. belle-lettrist
  7. belle-lettrists
  8. Belleau
  9. Belleaus
  10. belled
  11. belled buzzard

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