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bijou¹

  • /biˈʒuː/ UK

Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French bijou.

noun bijous · bijoux

  1. A jewel.
  2. A piece of jewelry; a trinket.
  3. A small intricate piece of metalwork. […]a saucepan on the hob, and a brazen bijou over the fireplace designed for the suspension of a roasting-jack.

bijou²

  • /biˈʒuː/ UK

Rhymes with -uː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Sabir bijou, ultimately from Occitan pichon (“small, little”), influenced by English bijou (“jewel”).

adjective more bijou · most bijou

  1. Polari Small; little. You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.
  2. of a residence Small and elegant. I soon found Briony Lodge. It is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out in front right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock to the door. Large sitting-room on the right side, well furnished, with long windows almost to the floor, and those preposterous English window fasteners wh
  3. Intricate; finely made.

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@misc{bijou_2026,
  title = {bijou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bijou},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}