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basbleu

basbleu noun: a bluestocking (a literary woman).

Noun

basbleu (plural basbleus)

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

Forms of basbleu

pluralbasbleus

Origin of basbleu

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

Questions about basbleu

What does basbleu mean?
Basbleu means a bluestocking (a literary woman).
What part of speech is basbleu?
Basbleu is a noun.
What is the plural of basbleu?
The plural of basbleu is basbleus.

Words near basbleu in the dictionary

  1. Basay
  2. Basayev
  3. Basayevs
  4. Basbanes
  5. Basbasa
  6. basbleu
  7. basbleus
  8. basbousa
  9. basbousas
  10. BASc
  11. bascart

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