bluestockingism
/ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋɪz(ə)m/Now chiefly historical
noun
The condition, characteristics, or behaviour of a bluestocking; intellectualism, or the affectation of this, in a woman.
- derogatory in 19th and early 20th cent. use..
Origin
Early 19th century. From bluestocking + -ism. Compare earlier blueism.
- faint
- faint heart
- faint-hearted
- faint-heartedly
- faint-heartedness
- faint heart never won fair lady
- fainting fit
- faintly
- faintness
- fainéant
- fair
- fair and square
- fairation
- fairayshin
- fair ball
- Fairbanks
- Fairborn
- fair catch
- fair comment
- fair-conditioned
- fair copy
- fair cow
- fair curve
- fair deal
- fair dealer