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Definition of belles-lettres noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

belles-lettres

noun

NAmE//ˌbɛl ˈlɛtrə//

[plural, uncountable] (from French) (old-fashioned)

studies or writings on the subject of literature or art, contrasted with those on technical or scientific subjects

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