Meaning & use
Bluestocking
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A woman with strong intellectual or literary interests, especially one associated with the informal learned societies of 18th-century England.
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She was proud to call herself a bluestocking, always buried in philosophy and poetry.
The salon attracted bluestockings eager to debate literature and science.
A note on using this word
The term originates from the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society in London, where members reportedly wore plain blue worsted stockings instead of formal black silk.
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