Basbleu

Bas`bleu´


n.1.A bluestocking; a literary woman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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For example, he highlights Gautier's repeated criticisms of cross-dressing in the theatre, which are especially intriguing given his treatment of cross-dressing in Mademoiselle de Maupin (154), and he calls attention to several reviews dealing with basbleus (343).