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bibelot

  • /bib(ə)loʊ/ US
  • /bib(ə)ləʊ/ UK

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Borrowed from French bibelot.

noun bibelots

  1. A bauble, knickknack or trinket. 1886, F. Marion Crawford, A Tale of a Lonely Parish, 2012, Project Gutenberg (Tredition Classics), unnumbered page, In her own eyes she was indeed living in a state approaching to penury, but the spectacle of her pictures, her furniture and her bibelots had impressed John with a very different idea.
  2. A miniature book of an elegant design.

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"bibelot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bibelot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

bibelot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bibelot

Chicago

"bibelot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bibelot.

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@misc{bibelot_2026,
  title = {bibelot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bibelot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}