Synonyms for billet doux
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪl eɪˈdu, ˈbɪl i-; French bi yeɪˈdu |
Top 10 synonyms for billet doux Other synonyms for the word billet doux
Définition of billet doux
Origin :- also billet doux, 1670s, "love letter," French, literally "sweet note," from billet "document, note" (14c., diminutive of bille; see bill (n.1)) + doux "sweet," from Latin dulcis (see dulcet).
- As in epistle : noun letter
- How do you know that I am not writing a billet doux to a lady?
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
- While passing the Needles, the pilot took his leave, burthened with numerous epistles and billet doux, to wives and sweethearts.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Captain John Patterson with Notices of The Officers &c. of the 50th or Queen's Own Regiment from 1807 to 1821 » by John Patterson
- It was fitting that Raymond should receive the first billet doux.
- Extract from : « Missy » by Dana Gatlin
- Has he destroyed the writings of an estate, or your billet doux?
- Extract from : « Three Hours after Marriage » by John Gay
- I could not avoid permitting him to slide his billet doux into my hand as he put on my shawl.
- Extract from : « Leonora » by Maria Edgeworth
- I made him no reply: I contented myself with placing Glanville's billet doux in his hand.
- Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- We agreed we must put a billet doux there, if another day passed without the sign, though it was dangerously near Pirate Hall.
- Extract from : « Yr Ynys Unyg » by Julia de Winton
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