belles-lettres
21belles-lettres — noun literary works valued more for their aesthetic qualities than for any informative or educational content See Also: belletristic …
22belles-lettres — Synonyms and related words: French literature, Renaissance literature, ancient literature, classics, contemporary literature, erotic literature, erotica, folk literature, humane letters, kitsch, letters, literature, medieval literature, national… …
23BELLES-LETTRES — that department of literature which implies literary culture and belongs to the domain of art, whatever the subject may be or the special form; it includes poetry, the drama, fiction, and criticism …
24belles-lettres — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fr. fine literature. See writing …
25belles-lettres — Writing that has a literary or aesthetic, as opposed to purely informational, value. The word is usually treated as a plural, but may be used as a singular. For reasons unconnected to logic, the hyphen is lost and the word itself contracted in… …
26belles-lettres — describes writing that has a literary or esthetic, as opposed to purely informational, value. The word is usually treated as a plural but may be used as a singular. For reasons unconnected to logic, the hyphen is lost and the word itself… …
27belles lettres — n. high quality literature, classic literature …
28belles lettres — (behl LEH treu) [French: fine letters] Literature that has aesthetic rather than informational value, such as fiction, poetry, or drama; literature characterized by elegance, refinement, and the “light touch.” The struggle, as Bloom… …
29belles-lettres — [bɛl lɛtr(ə)] plural noun literary works written and read for their aesthetic effect. Derivatives belletrism bɛl lɛtrɪz(ə)m noun belletrist noun belletristic adjective Origin C17: from Fr., lit. fine letters …
30belles-lettres — n. pl. [Fr.] Polite literature, elegant literature, polite letters, elegant letters, the humanities …
