Meaning & use
Bibelot
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A small decorative object valued for its beauty or rarity rather than its usefulness.
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The mantelpiece was crowded with porcelain bibelots collected over decades of travel.
She kept a tiny silver bibelot from her grandmother in her jewelry box.
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Borrowed directly from French, "bibelot" entered English in the 19th century to describe fashionable curios displayed in drawing rooms.
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