English-Thai Dictionary
bluestocking
N หญิง ที่ มี การศึกษา ดี ying-ti-mee-kan-suek-sa-de
bluestockingism
N บัณ ฑิต หญิง
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BLUESTOCKING
BLUESTOCKING Blue "stock `ing, n.
1. A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq. ]
Note: As explained in Boswell's "Life of Dr. Johnson ", 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, "We can do nothing without the blue stockings. " Hence these meetings were sportively called bluestocking clubs, and the ladies who attended them, bluestockings.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana ).
BLUESTOCKINGISM
BLUESTOCKINGISM Blue "stock `ing *ism, n.
Defn: The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry. [Colloq. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
bluestocking
blue stock ing |ˈblo͞oˌstäkiNG ˈbluˌstɑkɪŋ | ▶noun often derogatory an intellectual or literary woman. ORIGIN late 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 favored less formal dress. The women who attended became known as blue-stocking ladies or blue-stockingers.
Oxford Dictionary
bluestocking
blue |stock ¦ing |ˈbluːstɒkɪŋ | ▶noun often derogatory an intellectual or literary woman: an uptight bluestocking who likes to dress as a man and write feminist philosophy | I got an A-plus. I was a bluestocking | [ as modifier ] : bluestocking women. ORIGIN late 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.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
bluestocking
bl ú e st ò cking 〖語源は18世紀中ごろのロンドンの文学愛好家団体 Bluestocking Society 〗名詞 C ｟英 やや古 けなして ｠文学趣味 [学識 ]を持った女性 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary