doux
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of doux
1940–45; < French < Latin dulcis savory, sweet
Example Sentences
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Should the billet doux contain a note of contrition, following an argument?
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2014
This being an opera by the mature Wagner, that uniting involves something other than people hiding in closets, or wicker baskets, or disguises and mistaken identity, or misleading billets doux.
From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2013
A hairdresser rewrites an unsigned billet doux to cheer up her dumped mum.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2011
Even after publication of the billets doux, students of Jefferson described the affair as a platonic flirtation, despite Jefferson's classic love letter known as "My Head and My Heart."
From Time Magazine Archive
I had been married about three months, and had been previously in love in the most approved romantic way, with all the proprieties of moonlight walks, serenades, sentimental billets doux, and everlasting attachment.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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