bibelotn.
A small curio or article of virtù.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial > types of
venialc1380
nutshalea1393
nutshella1400
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flea-bite1577
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epitomea1593
quilicoma1644
ephemera1751
pinprick1853
bibelot1873
piffle1884
peanut1910
popcorn1964
trivia1968
factoid1982
1873 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 185 After 3, walked up to Lady Hopetoun's to amuse her with some of our little bibelots.
1873 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 231 Van Minden had a lovely little bibelot of Cupid with drums.
1882 ‘Ouida’ Resurgo vi, in Belgravia XLVI. 453 His soul never rises above brocades and bibelôts!
1886 F. M. Crawford Tale Lonely Parish xviii The spectacle of her pictures, her furniture and her bibelots.
1900 H. Harland Cardinal's Snuff-box xix The table, with its books and bibelots.
1936 Burlington Mag. Apr. 186/1 A Chinese bibelot on the table shows the influence of the fashion for lacquer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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