Etymology

lettrism

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Today it means: A French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism. Full definition →

French Lettrisme
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  1. French · borrowed fromLettrisme
  2. English todayLettrism

From French Lettrisme, ultimately from lettre (“letter”).

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