mondaine

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noun

mon·​daine
mōnˈdān
plural -s
: a woman belonging to fashionable society : woman of the world : sophisticate
all the barbershop roués and millinery-parlor mondainesSinclair Lewis

mondaine

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adjective

variants or mondain
"
: worldly, sophisticated, fashionable
a comedy, very corrupt and mondaine, with a continental backgroundMargaret Kennedy
the perfectly coiffed, mondaine womanMay Sarton

Word History

Etymology

Noun

French, from feminine of mondain, adjective

Adjective

French mondaine, feminine, & mondain, masculine, from Latin mundanus of the world

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“Mondaine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mondaine. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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