belle

nouncommon in dialogue

//bɛl//

An attractive woman.

noun

1
An attractive woman.
In her new dress she felt like the belle of the ball.
Another style of necklace among these Papuan belles is to wear two, each hanging on one side of the neck and under the opposite arm, so as to cross each other.
2
datedA fellow gay man.

Etymology

From French belle (“beautiful”), from Latin bella.

Forms

plural: belles

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belle · An attractive woman.

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