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Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
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- n. pl. Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
- n. creative writing valued for esthetic content
- Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
- Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhatvaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste arepredominant.
- n. creative writing valued for esthetic content