basbleu

See also: bas-bleu

English

Alternative forms

bas-bleu

Etymology

Borrowed from French bas-bleu, from bas (“stocking”) + bleu (“blue”), itself a calque of English bluestocking.

Noun

basbleu (plural basbleus)

  1. (derogatory, dated) A bluestocking (a literary woman).

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