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bluestocking |ˈbloōˌstäki ng |
noun often derogatory
an intellectual or literary woman.
ORIGIN late 17th cent.: originally used to describe a man wearing blue worsted (instead of formal black silk) stockings; extended to mean [in informal dress.] Later the term denoted a person who attended the literary assemblies held ( c. 1750) by three London society ladies, where some of the men favored less formal dress. The women who attended became known as blue-stocking ladies or blue-stockingers.
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