bijouterie
Americannoun
noun
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jewellery esteemed for the delicacy of the work rather than the value of the materials
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a collection of such jewellery
Etymology
Origin of bijouterie
1805–15; < French, equivalent to bijou bijou + -terie, extended form of -erie -ery
Example Sentences
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He saw a whole street of Florence, including the quarters of Donatello and Bronzino, torn down to make room for a cheap-jack row of shops devoted to "bijouterie and parfumerie."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Palais Royale is a heavenly place, so full of bijouterie and lovely things that I’m nearly distracted because I can’t buy them.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Oh, you fancy I am going to ask you for some trifling affair—a horse, a poodle, or some bit of glittering bijouterie.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
Jewelry that half turned the pretty bride's head with its dazzling splendor, laces that fairy fingers alone could have woven, pretty, costly bijouterie of all kinds.
From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by May Agnes Fleming
They are of silk and silk-velvet, richly brocaded; while on a second table, slab like the first, he can distinguish bijouterie, with other trifles usually belonging to a lady’s toilet.
From The Lone Ranche by Mayne Reid
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