Pedantic+woman

  • 1Old woman — 1. one s wife; 2. one s mother; 3. woman or man who is pedantic or tends to fuss, gossip, etc …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 2old woman — Australian Slang 1. one s wife; 2. one s mother; 3. woman or man who is pedantic or tends to fuss, gossip, etc …

    English dialects glossary

  • 3Berlin blue — Blue Blue (bl[=u]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Blue — (bl[=u]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Mineral blue — Blue Blue (bl[=u]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Prussian blue — Blue Blue (bl[=u]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7blue-stocking — n. Pedantic woman, sapient female …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 8bluestocking — [blo͞o′stäk΄iŋ] n. [from the unconventional blue (instead of black) stockings worn by Benjamin Stillingfleet at literary meetings in the home of Mrs. E. R. Montagu in London in the 1750s] a learned, bookish, or pedantic woman …

    English World dictionary

  • 9education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 10Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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