Billet Doux (Noun)
Meaning
A personal letter to a loved one expressing affection.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She poured her heart out in the billet-doux she wrote to her fiancé, expressing her deepest love and longing for their upcoming wedding day.
- The young soldier's billet-doux to his sweetheart was filled with tender words and promises of a future together.
- As she read the billet-doux her husband had written to her, she felt her heart swell with love and gratitude for their years together.
- The billet-doux he penned to his beloved was a beautiful expression of his devotion, filled with poetry and sweet nothings.
- In the billet-doux she wrote to her lover, she confessed her deepest desires and dreams, and the love that burned brightly in her heart.