Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bijouterie .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc.
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- noun Small articles of
jewellery ,trinkets , etc.
Etymologies
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French bijouterie. See bijou.
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Examples
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The swing oval mirror reflected its contents -- ivory brushes, silver hand mirrors, all the costly bijoutry of a refined woman's toilet.
The Hand in the Dark 1907
Gammerstang commented on the word bijoutry
(noun) - Jewelry; the making or dealing in jewelry. --Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850
April 22, 2018