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bijou
[ bee-zhoo, bee-zhoo ]
noun
, plural bi·joux [bee, -zhooz, bee-, zhooz].
- a jewel.
- something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought.
bijou
/ ˈbiːʒuː /
noun
- something small and delicately worked, such as a trinket
- ironic.modifier small but elegant and tasteful
a bijou residence
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bijou1
1660–70; < French < Breton bizou (jeweled) ring, derivative of biz finger; cognate with Cornish bisou finger-ring, derivative of bis finger
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bijou1
C19: from French, from Breton bizou finger ring, from biz finger; compare Welsh bys finger, Cornish bis
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Example Sentences
Her inner circle of friends included Paris and Nicky Hilton, Bijou Phillips and Lindsay Lohan.
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Haggard and his wife sat in the little drawing-room of their bijou house in May Fair.
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She had succeeded Olympe Bijou in the old fellow's affections.
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The model prison at Pentonville is an architectural bijou, but terribly expensive.
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Hers had just presented her with a lovely coupe, lined with yellow satin, a perfect bijou.
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The footman showed him into the small drawing-room of the baroness, a bijou of a room, furnished in gilt and crimson satin.
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