Talk:bellezour

@Renard Migrant, is this adjective feminine, neuter, or masculine? --Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 20:27, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

It qualifies anima so it's feminine. google books:bellezour provides quite a lot of analysis and seems to link it to Latin *bellatiorem and would actually mean 'the most beautiful'. [1] explains it rather well. It's of course hypothetical especially as bellatiorem isn't even attested! It's generally the problem with anything attested only once is how can you be sure of the meaning, unless it's blindingly obvious (like a borrowing from another language where it has a well-established meaning). Renard Migrant (talk) 20:39, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

@Renard Migrant, the author calls it the feminine form of bellatius, which he links to Old French bellais. Perhaps this entry should link to bellais, then? --Romanophile ♞ (contributions) 20:47, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Yes he says both of those. Looking up http://micmap.org/dicfro/search/dictionnaire-godefroy/bellais I see in the middle column belisor which makes me think I'm just plain wrong and bellazour is not an isolated attestation. His reference to Old Provençal belazor was also correct as I've found it here. Perhaps just time to redefine as a superlative of biau. Renard Migrant (talk) 21:08, 20 February 2016 (UTC)