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bluet

/bluːɪt/

Where it comes from

From Middle English blawede, blewed, blewet, bloued, blowed, bloweth, from Middle English blewe (“blue”). Alternatively, perhaps from Old French bleuet (diminutive of bleu (“blue”)). Compare modern French bleuet (“cornflower”). By surface analysis, blue + -et.

noun bluets

countable Any of several different plants, from several genera, having bluish flowers. My breathing shakes the bluet like a breeze ….
countable, uncountable Centaurea, a plant genus in the family Asteraceae
countable, uncountable Several plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, notably Houstonia and Oldenlandiopsis.
countable Any of several small damselfly species, including the genera Coenagrion and Enallagma.
historical, uncountable, usually A kind of blue woolen cloth. For the Feast of the Assumption, cloth of bluet and of rayed (i.e., striped) scarlet was bought for the robes of the Prince [Edward] and Sir John de Bretagne.

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@misc{bluet_2026,
  title = {bluet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}