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bi⋅jou
[bee-zhoo, bee-zhoo] 
–noun, plural -joux [-zhooz, -zhooz] .
[-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
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
Bi*jou"\, n.; pl. Bijoux. [F.; of uncertain origin.] A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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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