| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| briolette |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bri·o·lette |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  br   -l t |
| NOUN: | A pear-shaped or oval gem, especially a diamond, cut in long triangular facets. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, perhaps alteration (influenced by brillant, brilliant) of brignolette, diminutive of brignole, dried plum, from Brignoles, a town of southeast France.
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