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belletrist

/ˌbelˈletrɪst/noun

उच्चारण बेल्लेट्रिस्ट

ललित साहित्यकार, ललित निबंधकार

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noun
  1. 1

    [C] formal

    a writer of essays and other literary works that are valued for their style and beauty rather than for their information

    ललित साहित्यकार, ललित निबंधकार

    • As a belletrist, he cared more about the music of a sentence than its argument.
    • Hazari Prasad Dwivedi is admired as a belletrist in Hindi literature.
◇Word family
belles-lettres nounbelletristic adjective
⌂Word origin and word building

From French belles-lettres, meaning 'fine letters', that is, writing valued for its beauty.

यह French के belles-lettres से बना है, जिसका अर्थ है 'सुंदर लेखन', यानी वह लेखन जिसे उसकी सुंदरता के लिए सराहा जाता है।