bijou

noun

1. A jewel.
2. A piece of jewelry; a trinket.
3. A small intricate piece of metalwork.

   “[…]a saucepan on the hob, and a brazen bijou over the fireplace designed for the suspension of a roasting-jack.”

adj

1. (Polari)Small; little.

   “You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.”

   “We, the Sister of Perpetual Indulgence and the Gathered Faithful, do hereby invoke the spirit of our beloved Muffin the Mule, to recognize the bona work of Mr. Derek Jarman in promulgating Universal Joy […] in his bijou masterpiecettes[.]”

   “Polari, used for decades by gay men, actors, and theatre performers and which famously appeared on primetime radio show Round The Horne, has been brought up-to-date with a bijou iPhone appette.”

2. Small and elegant.

   “I soon found Briony Lodge. It is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out in front right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock to the door. Large sitting-room on the right side, well furnished, with long windows almost to the floor, and those preposterous English window fasteners which a child could open.”

3. Intricate; finely made.