BELLEEK WARE
Bel*leek" ware.
Defn: A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland.
BELLE-LETTRIST
Belle-let"trist, n.
Defn: One versed in belleslettres.
BELLEROPHON
Bel*ler"o*phon, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the
Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age.
BELLES-LETTRES
Belles-let"tres, n. pl. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; — used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
BELLETRISTIC; BELLETRISTICAL
Bel`le*tris"tic, Bel`le*tris"tic*al, a.
Defn: Occupied with, or pertaining to, belles-lettres. "An unlearned, belletristic trifler." M. Arnold.