bluestocking
/ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋ/noun
- often derogatory an intellectual or literary woman〈常贬〉女知识分子, 女文人。
词源
late 17th cent.: originally used to describe a man wearing blue worsted (instead of formal black silk) stockings; extended to mean 'in informal dress'. Later the term denoted a person who attended the literary assemblies held （c. 1750） by three London society ladies, where some of the men favoured less formal dress. The women who attended became known as blue-stocking ladies or blue-stockingers.