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- noun obsolete, derogatory The possession or affectation of
learning in awoman .
Etymologies
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blue + -ism
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Examples
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Americanism, and now we shall see what the same simon-pure brand of red, white, and blueism is demanded of the second largest city in the
The Story of The American Legion George Seay Wheat
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Wherever you discover a tinge of blueism or romance, the mixture of "the moon," "the stars," and "the human mind," with common conversation is highly efficacious.
Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921
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