Etymology

homme de lettres

Today it means: man of letters, a literary man Full definition →

French homme de lettres
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromhomme de lettres
  2. English todayhomme de lettres

Borrowed from French homme de lettres, from homme (“man”) + de (“of”) + lettres (“humanities, arts”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchhomme de lettres all →

man of letters

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