bluestocking

noun

Definition of bluestockingnext
as in intellectual

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Recent Examples of bluestocking The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 But Peck is already aware of Imogen's penchant for pandemonium, resisting the task of baby-sitting a bluestocking. — Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 May 2023 One of them was the famous 18th-century bluestocking Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Edward Montagu, a British ambassador. — David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 His polar opposite, meanwhile, was the pair of bluestockings to his left. — Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, 21 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluestocking
  1. intellectual
  2. highbrow
  3. blue
  4. nerd
  5. geek
Noun
  • Professor Capps, ever the dispassionate intellectual, let the material speak for itself.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Not in the esoteric way that speaks to intellectuals and insiders.
    — Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of intellectual
Noun
  • Deadline asks the Festival chief whether Series Mania is focused on the highbrow of the drama spectrum.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Richie Grainge herself has evolved her stylistic approach from an ostentatious Los Angeleno verve into a look that’s more low-key highbrow.
    — Nick Remsen, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
Definition of highbrow
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  • If blues music is considered Chicago’s heart, house music is its pulse.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • An adult purple gallinule has a bright purple and green body with a pale blue marking that resembles a shield above its red and yellow bill.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of blue
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  • That gives Porsche’s 911 nerds more time to come up with a creative solution to their current hybrid predicament.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The cool part about the idea of video is introducing more people to hip-hop writing outside of us nerds.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of nerd
Noun
  • By default, these devices mark the wearer not only as a geek, but as a try-hard and an egoist.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There’s a whole world of lagers out there that would make even the snobbiest beer geek do a double take—beers that have nothing in common with the watery brews that once defined the style for so many Americans.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of geek

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