belles-lettristic

comparative more belles-lettristic · superlative most belles-lettristic

1. Pertaining to belles-lettres; having, or describing, a primarily aesthetic literary bent.

   Reggio's works will always command respect on account of their belles-lettristic value.

   1901, Nathan Stern, The Jewish historico-critical school of the nineteenth century, page 29

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   We had been only vaguely aware, I think, how much less belles-lettristic than his French contemporary was the seventeenth-century Englishman...

   1951, Richard Foster Jones, The Seventeenth Century

   Truly Abkhazian belles-lettristic literature began in 1912 when Gulia published his first volume of collected works...

   1998, George B Hewitt, The Abkhazians: A Handbook

   Belles-lettristic writing about literature developed the model of a thoughtful person sitting down with a literary work of life-long acquaintance...

   2006, Ellie Chambers, Marshall W Gregory, Teaching and Learning English Literature