bijou :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a small and delicately worked piece

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adj. small and elegant: "bijou villas"; "can Americans be persuaded to pay out dollars for bijou cars?"

n. a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

bangle, bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, trinket

n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity

n. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget

n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

knickknack, novelty

n. a small inexpensive mass-produced article

decoration, ornament, ornamentation

n. something used to beautify

dandified, dandyish, foppish

adj. affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner

deluxe, de luxe, luxe

adj. elegant and sumptuous; "a deluxe car"; "luxe accommodations"

fine

adj. characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment; "fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist"; "the fine hand of a master"

high-class, high-toned

adj. pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant"

exquisite, recherche

adj. lavishly elegant and refined

neat, refined, tasteful

adj. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"

swank, swanky

adj. imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"

simple

adj. cleverly simple; used of a solution to a problem e.g.

well-groomed

adj. having your hair neatly brushed and combed

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