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A.Word.A.Day--bijou Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio bijou (BEE-zhoo, bee-ZHOO) noun, plural bijoux (-zhoo, -zhooz) A small, exquisitely wrought trinket. [French, from Breton bizou, jeweled ring, from biz, finger.] "Never mind that most of us couldn't afford a bijou from Bulgari in a hundred years." Amy Dunkin and Thane Peterson, Worlds of Adventure on the Coffee Table, BusinessWeek, Dec 9, 1996. "The bijou capital of Vermont, with its little gold-domed capitol backed by woods, is not opposed to commerce." What's an hour worth? Economist, Jun 28, 1997. This week's theme: yours to discover. X-Bonus Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. -Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)

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