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Literature :: Literature (n.) The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres..

Belles-lettres :: Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Belletristical :: Belletristical (a.) Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres..

Belle-lettrist :: Belle-lettrist (n.) One versed in belles-lettres.

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