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bi⋅jou

  [bee-zhoo, bee-zhoo]
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–noun, plural -joux  [-zhooz, -zhooz] .
1. a jewel.
2. something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought.
Origin:
1660–70; < F < Breton bizou (jeweled) ring, deriv. of biz finger; c. Cornish bisou finger-ring, deriv. of bis finger
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bi·jou   (bē'zhōō')   
n.   pl. bi·joux (-zhōō', -zhōōz')
A small, exquisitely wrought trinket.

[French, from Breton bizou, jeweled ring, from biz, finger.]
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bijou 
1668, from Fr., from Breton bizou "(jeweled) ring," from bez "finger" (cf. Cornish bisou "finger-ring," 13c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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