2009年2月3日 星期二

regular bluestocking, colloquy, sybarite

Kristin Langfeldt - a regular bluestocking she was - held colloquies among the sybarites at her Saturday night at-homes.




sybarite
noun [C] FORMAL
a person who loves luxury and pleasure
Compare hedonist at hedonism.

sybaritic adjective FORMAL

colloquy
noun [C] FORMAL
a formal conversation

bluestocking Show phonetics
noun [C] OLD-FASHIONED
an intelligent and highly educated woman who spends most of her time studying and is therefore not approved of by some men

blue・stocking


〔軽蔑〕 衒(げん)学的な女性.
blue

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