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bluette¹

Where it comes from

From French bluette (literally “little spark”).

noun bluettes

  1. dated A short but scintillating play or other work. The Fürst Theater, the only theatre now open in Vienna, announced last week for production a bluette entitled, Der Schah von Persien in Wien (The Shah in Vienna).

bluette²

Where it comes from

From blue + -ette (diminutive suffix). For the color, compare Italian bluette.

noun bluettes

  1. archaic A kind of satinette pigeon. hello all, does anyone have satinettes or bluettes for sale would prefer mated pairs let me know please thanks c ya bob
  2. A shade of blue, usually either (in fashion) deeply or (in interior design) lightly saturated. Twelve lengths (five yards each) of chiffon ruching, artistically selected colors (except bluette), decorates the vessel, trims in spirals the pillar, and falls in zigzags on base. Five yards of six-inch guipure lace for the brim.

adjective more bluette · most bluette

  1. Of this shade of blue. It is daintily trimmed with deep grayish cream lace and bluette ribbon, which is the latest fashionable color, and is the tint of bluette flowers, or bachelor’s buttons, as we call them. […] The stock is of bluette satin ribbon, passed through a curved rhinestone buckle and tied in a large crisp bow

bluette³

noun bluettes

  1. alternative, uncountable, usually Alternative spelling of bluet (“a kind of blue woolen cloth”). She had longed for the day they would get rid of the hated bluettes. They made her feel like a workhouse inmate. Wearing a uniform might finally make her feel like she belonged.

bluette⁴

Where it comes from

From blue + -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”), after brunette.

noun bluettes

  1. rare A blue-haired person, especially a woman. Today on Madison avenue, Manhattan, I saw a woman with light blue hair. How would you classify her? Is she a sky blonde or a bluette?

    Similar: bluenette

Bluette⁵

Where it comes from

From blue + -ette.

proper noun

  1. A female given name. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Klar, 219 West 81st St., announce the arrival of a daughter, Bluette Johanna Klar, on Feb. 1.

Bluette⁶

proper noun

  1. A surname. Bluette Kate miss

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@misc{bluette_2026,
  title = {bluette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}