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billet-doux

[ bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural bil·lets-doux [bil, -ey-, dooz, bil, -ee-, bee-yey-, doo].

billet-doux

/ bijɛdu; ˌbɪlɪˈduː /

1665–75; < French: literally, sweet note. See billet ¹, douce

C17: from French, literally: a sweet letter, from billet (see billet ¹) + doux sweet, from Latin dulcis

Sir Philip was actually reading Miss Luttridge's billet-doux aloud when the black entered the library.

Judge of her talents for the game by this instance:—she hid her billet-doux within the lining of Juba's collar.

My dear boys almost daily exchange billet-doux with mother, since their absence of a week at a time from home.

Had this communication been a billet-doux, Peggie could hardly have betrayed more alarm and confusion.

We may fancy Madame La Croix slyly handing the billet-doux to the daughter, under the unsuspecting mother's very eyes.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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