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briolette
[ bree-uh-let; French bree-aw-let ]
noun
, plural bri·o·lettes [bree-, uh, -, lets, b, r, ee-aw-, let].
- any pear-shaped gem having its entire surface cut with triangular facets.
briolette
/ ˌbriːəʊˈlɛt /
noun
- a pear-shaped gem cut with long triangular facets
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Word History and Origins
Origin of briolette1
1860–65; < French, variant of brillolette, itself alteration (by association with brillant diamond) of brignolette literally, little dried plum (facetious coinage), equivalent to brignole (after Brignoles in Provence, where the plums are dried) + -ette -ette
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Word History and Origins
Origin of briolette1
C19: from French, alteration of brillolette , from brignolette little dried plum, after Brignoles , France, where these plums are produced
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