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De - Pt| English Dictionary: bluestocking | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Bluestocking \Blue"stock`ing\, n. 1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.] Note: As explained in Boswell's [bd]Life of Dr. Johnson[b8], this term is derived from the name given to certain meetings held by ladies, in Johnson's time, for conversation with distinguished literary men. An eminent attendant of these assemblies was a Mr. Stillingfleet, who always wore blue stockings. He was so much distinguished for his conversational powers that his absence at any time was felt to be a great loss, so that the remark became common, [bd]We can do nothing without the blue stockings.[b8] Hence these meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them, bluestockings. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The American avocet ({Recurvirostra Americana}). | |
