单词 | blueism |
释义 | blueismn. Now rare. The condition, characteristics, or behaviour of a bluestocking (bluestocking n. 1); bluestockingism.In the 19th cent. chiefly in derogatory use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > pedantry > [noun] > female pedant, blue-stocking > condition of being blueism1795 blue-stockingship1818 blueness1847 bas-bleuism1871 1795 F. Burney Jrnl. 1 May (1973) III. 101 What parties you have, my Charlotte!..I am quite delighted at your progress in this bluism. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 589 What was heroism with our Chatham, was but blueism and cant in [Madame] De Staël. 1848 Fraser's Mag. 39 542 She had prejudiced him against bluism in women. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xix. 61 She was such a clever creature, had such a power of conversation, without pedantry or blueism. 1897 F. A. Gerard Some fair Hibernians 85 Lady Charlemont's blueism need not have alarmed Byron, she being in reality quite as silly as any woman should be. 1901 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 361 Six elderly spinsters who have only just relinquished all hopes of matrimony, and are still doubting whether they shall betake themselves to cards, blueism, or the bottle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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