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单词 bluestocking
释义

bluestocking

noun

blue·​stock·​ing ˈblü-ˌstä-kiŋ How to pronounce bluestocking (audio)
: a woman having intellectual or literary interests

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In mid-18th century England, a group of ladies decided to replace evenings of card playing and idle chatter with "conversation parties," inviting illustrious men of letters to discuss literary and intellectual topics with them. One regular guest was scholar-botanist Benjamin Stillingfleet. His hostesses willingly overlooked his cheap blue worsted stockings (a type disdained by the elite) in order to have the benefit of his lively conversation. Those who considered it inappropriate for women to aspire to learning derisively called the group the "Blue Stocking Society." The women who were the original bluestockings rose above the attempted put-down and adopted the epithet as a name for members of their society.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador. David Pryce-jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left. Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020 Astrid hews to ideas that earn her the label of bluestocking, but Howard makes those qualities utterly desirable in Thane’s eyes. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019 Bluestockings Bookstore/Cafe, 172 Allen St, NYC 10002. Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2007

Word History

Etymology

Bluestocking society, 18th century literary clubs

First Known Use

1780, in the meaning defined above

bluestocking

noun

as in intellectual

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • intellectual
  • highbrow
  • intellectualist
  • nerd
  • blue
  • geek
  • pseud
  • sage
  • longhair
  • double-dome
  • thinker
  • intellect
  • mandarin
  • Brahmin
  • intellectualizer
  • wizard
  • whiz
  • brain
  • genius

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • philistine
  • lowbrow
  • imbecile
  • anti-intellectual
  • dolt
  • dunce
  • moron
  • simpleton
  • blockhead
  • pinhead
  • dope
  • nitwit
  • dummy
  • dumbbell
  • fathead
  • half-wit
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