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bluestocking
[ bloo-stok-ing ]
noun
- a woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest.
- a member of a mid-18th-century London literary circle:
Lady Montagu was a celebrated bluestocking.
bluestocking
/ ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋ /
noun
- derogatory.a scholarly or intellectual woman
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- bluestocking·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bluestocking1
1675–85; so called from the informal attire, especially blue woolen instead of black silk stockings, worn by some women of the group bluestocking ( def 2 )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bluestocking1
from the blue worsted stockings worn by members of a C18 literary society
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Example Sentences
I am not going to caricature a bluestocking, but to point out one or two real dangers.
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A bluestocking and a sansculotte (not a very usual combination), she was also a woman of the very latest cry in frocks.
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The Bluestocking paused and looked round the circle of interested faces.
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Why, monsieur, she was a very superior woman—a regular bluestocking!
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The don and the bluestocking have to live, so have the cowboy and the cook.
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