单词 | belles-lettres |
释义 | belles-lettres —belletrist /bel le"trist/, n. —belletristic /bel'li tris"tik/, adj. Fr. /bel le"trddeu/, n.pl. 1. literature regarded as a fine art, esp. as having a purely aesthetic function. 2. light and elegant literature, esp. that which is excessively refined, characterized by aestheticism, and minor in subject, substance, or scope. [1700-10; < F: lit., fine letters. See BELLE, LETTER1] Syn. 1. See literature. |
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