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bluestocking adjective & noun. derog. L17.
[from BLUE adjective + STOCKING noun2.]
A. adjective.
Wearing blue worsted stockings; in homely dress. arch. L17.
Designating or pertaining to (those frequenting) assemblies for literary conversation etc. held at Montagu House in London about 1750 (where some of the men wore the blue stockings of ordinary daytime dress). L18.
Of a woman: having or affecting literary tastes, learned. E19.
b. noun. A female supporter of bluestocking assemblies; a learned woman. L18.
bluestockingism noun E19.