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basbleu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bas-bleu
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bluestocking (a literary woman).

Dated; Derogatory

Etymology

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

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

basbleus (plural)

Questions

What does basbleu mean?
A bluestocking (a literary woman).
Where does basbleu come from?
It is traced to French.

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