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(used with a sing. verb ) a. Literary culture; belles-lettres. b. Learning or knowledge, especially of literature. c. Literature or writing as a profession.
6. Printing. a. A piece of type that prints a single character. b. A specific style of type. c. The characters in one style of type.
7. An emblem in the shape of the initial of a school awarded for outstanding performance, especially in varsity athletics.
verb
lettered
to the letter
To the last detail; exactly: followed instructions to the letter.
[Middle English, from Old French lettre, from Latin littera, perhaps from Etruscan, from Greek diphthera, hide, leather, writing surface.]
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