Bijou vs Dwarfish - What's the difference?
bijou | dwarfish |
(Polari) small, little (often implying affection)
* 1968 Kenneth Horne, "Bona Prods" in: Round the Horne
* 1997 , Ian Lucas, "The Color of His Eyes: Polari and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" in: Anna Livia, Kira Hall (editors), Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality , page 91
* 2012 , Paul,
(of a residence) small and elegant
intricate; finely made
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Like a dwarf; being especially small.
Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
As a noun bijou
is jewel, a piece of jewellery.As an adjective dwarfish is
like a dwarf; being especially small.bijou
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)Etymology 2
Borrowed from (etyl), ultimately from (etyl) Alan D. Corré,"Polari Words from Lingua Franca"in: A Glossary of Lingua Franca . 5th Edition, 2005
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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[.]
"Bijou Polari Appette pre-varda’d"in: Gay History (05/08/2012)
- 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.
Usage notes
Often used with -ette on the noun that it describes, as in the quotations given above, and bijou problemette.References
dwarfish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- dwarfish axes are some of the finest weapons available
