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 [bee-zhoo, bee-zhoo]   Origin

bi·jou

   [bee-zhoo, bee-zhoo]
noun, plural -joux  [-zhooz, -zhooz] .
1.
a jewel.
2.
something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought.
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Origin:
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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bijou
1660s, from Fr. bijou, from Breton bizou "(jeweled) ring," from bez "finger" (cf. Cornish bisou "finger-ring," 13c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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