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2. Belles-lettres - Wikipedia

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   Literally, belles-lettres is a French phrase meaning 'beautiful' or 'fine' writing. In this sense, therefore, it includes all literary works—especially fiction, poetry, drama, or essays —valued for their aesthetic qualities and originality of style and tone. The term thus can be used to refer to literature generally.

3. Japanese aesthetics - Wikipedia

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   Japanese aesthetics comprise a set of ancient ideals that include wabi (transient and stark beauty), sabi (the beauty of natural patina and aging), and yūgen (profound grace and subtlety). [1] These ideals, and others, underpin much of Japanese cultural and aesthetic norms on what is considered tasteful or beautiful .

4. Abecedarius - Wikipedia

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   Etymology. "Abecedarius" (or "abecedarium") is a Medieval Latin word meaning "ABC primer", derived by adding the suffix "-arius" (-a, -um) to the names of the first four letters of the alphabet (a+b+c+d). [2][3] According to the OED, the earliest use of its English cognate, "abecedary", dates back at least to the mid-15th century, preceding the ...

5. Ma (negative space) - Wikipedia

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   Ma. (negative space) Left panel of the Pine Trees Screen (松林図 屏風, Shōrin-zu byōbu) by Hasegawa Tōhaku. The empty space in this piece is considered to be as important as the trees depicted. Ma (間, lit. 'gap, space, pause') is a Japanese concept of negative space, and a Japanese reading of the Sino-Japanese character 間. [1][2][3][4]

6. List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature

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   List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature. This list of words that may be spelled with a ligature in English encompasses words which have letters that may, in modern usage, either be rendered as two distinct letters or as a single, combined letter. This includes AE being rendered as Æ and OE being rendered as Œ.

7. Letter (message) - Wikipedia

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   A letter is a written message conveyed from one person (or group of people) to another through a medium. [1] Something epistolary means that it is a form of letter writing. The term usually excludes written material intended to be read in its original form by large numbers of people, such as newspapers and placards, although even these may ...