bibelot
Americannoun
noun
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an attractive or curious trinket
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a miniature book
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
At least this gross bibelot has some authenticity, as do Manuel Ocampo's frantic, heavy-handed but indubitably sincere paintings in an idiom derived from Filipino popular religious art.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Answer for yourself please, I may have several other reasons," he said coldly, and got up and walked across the room picking up a bibelot here and there, and replacing it restlessly.
From His Hour by Glyn, Elinor
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