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Bijou

//biˈʒuː// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Small; little. Polari

    "You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface."

  2. 2
    Small and elegant.

    "I soon found Briony Lodge. It is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out in front right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock to the door. Large sitting-room on the right side, well furnished, with long windows almost to the floor, and those preposterous English window fasteners which a child could open."

  3. 3
    Intricate; finely made.
Noun
  1. 1
    A jewel.
  2. 2
    a small and delicately worked piece wordnet
  3. 3
    A piece of jewelry; a trinket.
  4. 4
    A small intricate piece of metalwork.

    "[…]a saucepan on the hob, and a brazen bijou over the fireplace designed for the suspension of a roasting-jack."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bijou.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sabir bijou, ultimately from Occitan pichon (“small, little”), influenced by English bijou (“jewel”).

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