Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polite literature

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
po-lite lit-er-a-ture
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Belles-lettres; light reading.

Dated; Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does polite literature mean?
Belles-lettres; light reading.

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