bluette
A short but scintillating play or other workA short but scintillating play or other work.
Meaning
4 senses(dated)A short but scintillating play or other work.
A shade of blue, usually either (in fashion) deeply or (in interior design) lightly saturated.
(rare)A blue-haired person, especially a woman.
(archaic)A kind of satinette pigeon.
Origin
From French bluette (literally “little spark”). From blue + -ette (diminutive suffix). FoFrom French bluette (literally “little spark”).
From blue + -ette (diminutive suffix). For the color, compare Italian bluette.
From blue + -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”), after brunette.
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