beletter
transitive verb
be·let·ter
\bə-ˈle-tər, bē-\
Definition of beletter
: to decorate the name of (a person) by appending abbreviations of official or academic rank the most academic and belettered conventionalist — Joseph Macleod
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Origin and Etymology of beletter
be- + letter (of the alphabet)
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