bibelot
Americannoun
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bibelots
plural
noun
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an attractive or curious trinket
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a miniature book
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bibelot
1870–75; < French, equivalent to bibel- (expressive formation akin to bauble ) + -ot noun suffix
Example Sentences
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Gewgaw, a shiny trinket Bon Voyage A trinket or a knickknack, an ornament, a kickshaw, a frippery, a gimcrack, a bibelot, a gewgaw .
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
He finds it painful to see this memento of colonialism and bondage turned into an amusing bibelot, but he also loves the woman in whose household it is displayed.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2019
Serotonin is a tiny molecule, a bibelot built of just 10 carbon atoms, a dozen hydrogens, two nitrogens and a single oxygen.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2011
To top it off, an extra little bibelot has now come Deenie's way.
From Time Magazine Archive
I set to work at once, and in a very little while my bibelot was selected.
From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Do you need to hide some cash, jewelry or other bibelots that have sentimental value?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Norma has a weakness for massive jewelry, and gifts Joe with gold bibelots.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
There are no animal acts either, just a furry boar's head mounted above shelves handsomely arrayed with books and bibelots.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2012
Her ensemble is enhanced with, among bibelots by masters like Robert Lee Morris and Ted Muehling, a thick chain she bought many years ago when she was in Turkey on a Fulbright scholarship.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2011
They ransacked the bookshelves in the study, sending the senator’s bibelots and works of art crashing to the floor.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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