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bas bleu
/ bɑ blø /
noun
- a bluestocking; intellectual woman
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Origin of bas bleu1
C18: from French translation of English bluestocking
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Example Sentences
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She always reminds me of the pretty bas bleu immortalized by the 'Spectator'—or is it the 'Tattler'?
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Au reste, she has nothing of the bas bleu about her, and is very quiet and agreeable.â€
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Au reste, she has nothing of the bas bleu about her, and is very quiet and agreeable.
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It was attended by two Marchionesses, of the bas bleu order; and by the whole corps of the confr�res bibliographiques of the Royal Library.
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One is deemed a pedant—a terrible charge at Paris!—or a bas bleu, which is still worse, however free the individual may be from any pretensions to merit such charges.
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