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Can anyone please tell me what the French expression “avant la lettre” means in English?

April 26, 2017English expression French means

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Can anyone please tell me what the French expression “avant la lettre” means in English?

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The French phrase “avant la lettre” means “before the term (or phrase) existed” For example: “She is driven by these sharp emotional changes because as an artist she is dealing with the subject before it was defined, the medium before it existed.