"Belles-Lettres" is a word in ENGLISH

belles-lettres ENGLISH

Definition:

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

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After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.

courtly ENGLISH

Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.

courtly ENGLISH

In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.

fino HILIGAYNON

fíno - (Sp.) Fine, nice, well made or done, elegant, beautiful, delicate, tasteful, exquisite, refined, polite, polished, dainty. (cf. maáyo, …

humanity ENGLISH

The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

polish ENGLISH

Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish …

High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.

urbane ENGLISH

Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.