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Definition of Belles-lettres
1. Noun. Creative writing valued for esthetic content.
Definition of Belles-lettres
1. Noun. literary works valued more for their aesthetic qualities than for any informative or educational content ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belles-lettres
Literary usage of Belles-lettres
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric by Hugh Blair (1823)
"... arls is requisite to the study of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. To extend the
knowledge of them must be the first cart of those, who wish, ..."
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