adj
Meaning 1
Of this shade of blue.
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Standard Lemma guide
bluette
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name
Meaning 2
A female given name.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 4
A short but scintillating play or other work.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 5
A kind of satinette pigeon.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 6
A shade of blue, usually either (in fashion) deeply or (in interior design) lightly saturated.
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative spelling of bluet (“a kind of blue woolen cloth”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 8
A blue-haired person, especially a woman.
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Usage: rare
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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History
Etymology
From blue + -ette (diminutive suffix). For the color, compare Italian bluette.
From Blue + -ette.
From French bluette (literally “little spark”).
From blue + -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”), after brunette.