belletrist

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belletrist

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Borrowed from German Belletrist, coined by Goethe. Equivalent to belles-lettres + -ist.

noun belletrists

A person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres

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noun person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres

Deutsch	Belletrist, Schöngeist

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"belletrist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/belletrist.

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@misc{belletrist_2026,
  title = {belletrist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belletrist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}