[bloo-stok-ing] 
| 1. | a woman with considerable scholarly, literary, or intellectual ability or interest. |
| 2. | a member of a mid-18th-century London literary circle: Lady Montagu was a celebrated bluestocking. |
| blue·stock·ing (blōō'stŏk'ĭng) n. A woman with strong scholarly or literary interests. [After the Blue Stocking Society, a nickname for a predominantly female literary club of 18th-century London.] |