Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A collection of trinkets or jewelry.
- noun Decoration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Jewelry; small ornaments for personal decoration; specifically, jewelry of gold richly adorned in the metal itself, with little or no use of precious stones.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It showed a tall, imposing female standing proud in a splendid gown of state, a coronet on her piled blonde hair, one gloved hand resting on the arm of a throne, the other holding a plumed fan, the sash of a jewelled order over her bare shoulders, and enough bijouterie disposed about her stately person to start a bazaar.
Watershed 2010
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And they have an amazing taste in clothes and bijouterie.
My Class Autobiography, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Rio's Museum of Modern Art (MAM) has opened a major retrospective, "Carmen Miranda Forever" (through Jan. 22), with clips from her Hollywood hits and mounds of eyepopping bijouterie, sequined stage gowns and her patented tutti-frutti turbans.
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His large green bijouterie was open on a vast display of snuffboxes, pictures, and trinkets.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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His large green bijouterie was open on a vast display of snuffboxes, pictures, and trinkets.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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His large green bijouterie was open on a vast display of snuffboxes, pictures, and trinkets.
THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005
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Bon c decidé j'le fait a la bijouterie, mais ca veut dire:
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2003
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It showed a tall, imposing female standing proud in a splendid gown of state, a coronet on her piled blonde hair, one gloved hand resting on the arm of a throne, the other holding a plumed fan, the sash of a jewelled order over her bare shoulders, and enough bijouterie disposed about her stately person to start a bazaar.
Flashman And The Tiger Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1999
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The old Doctor's sleeping apartment, which was the front room on the ground floor, we have converted into a parlor; and, by the aid of cheerful paint and paper, a gladsome carpet, pictures and engravings, new furniture, _bijouterie_, and a daily supply of flowers, it has become one of the prettiest and pleasantest rooms in the whole world.
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In decorating his house, a gentleman spends as much money as he can conveniently spare; the elegancies and refinements of modern taste demand something more than mere comfort; yet though his walls are hung with pictures, his drawing-room filled with bijouterie, how is it that the windows of his hall, his library, his staircase, are neglected?
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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