belletristic
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- written and regarded for aesthetic value rather than contentOpposite illiterateSimilar literate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bel′le·tris′tic (…), Bel′le·tris′tic·al (…) adjective
Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. “An unlearned, belletristic trifler.” Matthew Arnold
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54