billet-douxn.

/bijɛdu/

Etymology: French; = sweet note.

A love-letter. (Now usually jocular.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > letter sent between lovers

love lettera1525

capon1598

love-libel1602

love line1609

billet-doux1673

mash note1880

yum-yum1943

society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > other types of letter

billet-doux1673

poulet1691

treble letter1753

round robin1755

screed1834

tickler1846

application letter1850

test letter1869

letter of envoy1873

hastener1922

fan letter1932

aerogram1933

yum-yum1943

newsletter1961

overnights1975

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 16 He sings, and dances en Francois, and writes the Billets doux to a miracle.

a1687 Duke of Buckingham Familiar Epist. to Julian in Wks. (1705) II. 94 Strephon's Billet douxe's have made them sport.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 9 Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) iv. 31 To see whether there was a billet-doux hidden among the flowers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	billet-doux
释义	billet-douxn. /bijɛdu/ Etymology: French; = sweet note. A love-letter. (Now usually jocular.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > letter sent between lovers love lettera1525 capon1598 love-libel1602 love line1609 billet-doux1673 mash note1880 yum-yum1943 society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > other types of letter billet-doux1673 poulet1691 treble letter1753 round robin1755 screed1834 tickler1846 application letter1850 test letter1869 letter of envoy1873 hastener1922 fan letter1932 aerogram1933 yum-yum1943 newsletter1961 overnights1975 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 16 He sings, and dances en Francois, and writes the Billets doux to a miracle. a1687 Duke of Buckingham Familiar Epist. to Julian in Wks. (1705) II. 94 Strephon's Billet douxe's have made them sport. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 9 Here Files of Pins extend their shining Rows, Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) iv. 31 To see whether there was a billet-doux hidden among the flowers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1673
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