| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bibelot |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bi·be·lot |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b  b -l  , b-bl |
| NOUN: | 1. A small decorative object; a trinket. 2. A miniature book, especially one that is finely crafted. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French beubelet, from a reduplication of bel, beautiful, from Latin bellus, handsome. See belle.
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