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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bluestocking (a literary woman). dated, derogatory

Synonyms

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bluestocking

Etymology

Borrowed from French bas-bleu, from bas (“stocking”) + bleu (“blue”), itself a calque of English bluestocking.

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