Helen Fenton

Belles-lettres: Definition and part of speech

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Belles-lettres

  1. n. pl. Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; — used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Belfry: Definition and part of speech

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Belfry

  1. n. The framing on which a bell is suspended.
  2. n. A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.
  3. n. A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile.
  4. n. A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Belgic: Definition and part of speech

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Belgic

  1. a. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Belgravian: Definition and part of speech

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Belgravian

  1. a. Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.