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- Dictionarybluestocking/ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋ/
noun
- 1. an intellectual or literary woman: derogatory "a Victorian bluestocking"
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Bluestocking (also spaced blue-stocking or blue stockings) is a term for an educated, intellectual woman, originally a member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society from England led by the hostess and critic Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), the "Queen of the Blues", including Elizabeth Vesey (1715–1791), Hester Chapone (1727–1801) and ...
BLUESTOCKING definition: 1. an intelligent and well-educated woman who spends most of her time studying and is therefore not…. Learn more.
: a woman having intellectual or literary interests. Did you know? 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.
Bluestocking definition: a woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest.. See examples of BLUESTOCKING used in a sentence.
An intellectual, well-read woman was once known as a bluestocking. You can describe your scholarly sister, who's knowledgeable about many subjects, as a bluestocking — no matter what color her socks are.
Bluestocking, any of a group of women who in mid-18th-century England held “conversations” to which they invited men of letters and members of the aristocracy with literary interests. The word has come to be applied derisively to a woman who affects literary or learned interests.
An intellectual or literary woman. The term is recorded from the late 17th century and was originally used to describe a man wearing blue worsted (instead of formal black silk) stockings; extended to mean ‘in informal dress’.
