also bellettrist, 1816, an awkward contraction of belles-lettres + -ist. Adjective belletristic is recorded from 1821.
bell-bottoms
bell-boy
belle
Bellerophon
belles-lettres
belletrist
bellhop
bellicose
bellicosity
bellied
belligerence
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