belletristic









belletristic


plural noun

  1. literature regarded as a fine art, especially as having a purely aesthetic function.
  2. light and elegant literature, especially that which is excessively refined, characterized by aestheticism, and minor in subject, substance, or scope.

noun

  1. (functioning as singular) literary works, esp essays and poetry, valued for their aesthetic rather than their informative or moral content
n.

“elegant literature, aesthetics,” 1710, French, literally “fine letters,” from belles, plural of belle, fem. of beau “fine, beautiful” (see beau) + lettres, plural of lettre “letter” (see letter). The literary equivalent of beaux arts.

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