Etymology

belletrist

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Today it means: A person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres Full definition →

German Belletrist
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  1. German · borrowed fromBelletrist
  2. English todaybelletrist

Borrowed from German Belletrist, coined by Goethe. Equivalent to belles-lettres + -ist.

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