bluestocking

noun

/ˈbluːstɒkɪŋ/

/ˈbluːstɑːkɪŋ/

(old-fashioned, sometimes disapproving)

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a well-educated woman who is more interested in ideas and studying than in traditionally feminine things
Word Originlate 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 favoured less formal dress. The women who attended became known as blue-stocking ladies or blue-stockingers.

单词	bluestocking
释义	bluestocking noun /ˈbluːstɒkɪŋ/ /ˈbluːstɑːkɪŋ/ (old-fashioned, sometimes disapproving) jump to other results a well-educated woman who is more interested in ideas and studying than in traditionally feminine things Word Originlate 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 favoured less formal dress. The women who attended became known as blue-stocking ladies or blue-stockingers.
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