blauwtje

The sense rejection refers to a blauwe plek (“bruise”, literally “blue spot”); the butterfly subfamily refers to the blue color of these species' wings (although some butterfly species with this name do not have blue wings, such as the bruin blauwtje).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑu̯tjə/

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• Hyphenation: blauw‧tje

blauwtje n (plural blauwtjes)

1. Diminutive of blauw
2. A rejection, in particular a romantic rejection

   een blauwtje lopen ― to be rejected

3. A blue, a butterfly of the lycaenid subfamily Polyommatinae