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blue·stocking (-stäk′iŋ)

noun

a learned, bookish, or pedantic woman

Etymology: from the unconventional blue (instead of black) stockings worn by Benjamin Stillingfleet at literary meetings in the home of Mrs. E. R. Montagu in London in the 1750s

Browse dictionary entries near bluestocking

  1. ‹ bluestem
  2. ‹ bluesman
  3. ‹ blueshift
  4. ‹ blues
  5. ‹ blueprint
  6. ‹ bluepoint
  7. ‹ bluenose
  8. ‹ blueline
  9. ‹ bluejeans
  10. ‹ bluejay
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