Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belle-lettrist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: belle-let-trist
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One versed in belles-lettres (humanities).

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From belles-lettres + -ist.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

belle-lettrists (plural)

Questions

What does belle-lettrist mean?: One versed in belles-lettres (humanities).
Where does belle-lettrist come from?: From belles-lettres + -ist.

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