It's the word of the day for February 14th.
Today's word is Billy-Dew,
also pronounced Billy-Dew and spelled as two hyphenated words as they would be in French.
B-I-L-L-E-T hyphen D-O-U-X.
Billy-Dew is a noun.
A Billy-Dew is a love letter.
The word's plural is spelled with an S at the end of the first word of this compound,
and is sometimes pronounced the same as the singular, sometimes pronounced as B-A-D-U-S.
Here's the word used in a sentence from the New York Times by John McWhorter.
John Batiste creates splendid music.
Those of us with kids likely experienced it lately on his soundtrack to the Pixar hit Soul.
Baptiste, movement 11, the composition of his that's nominated for a Grammy in a classical category,
is nearly two minutes of intense,
pensive joy tinctured with darkness of the kind that people send to each other as a billy-doo.
When love is in the air, it's time to put it down on paper.
If you ever find yourself having trouble thinking of Valentine's Day or anniversary gift ideas,
how about sending your sweetie pie a billy-doo that reminds them of your perfect meat cute,
or invites them to see the latest rom-com?
Wouldn't that be sweet?
In French, be-a-doo means sweet letter.