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demimondaine

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demimondaine

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Borrowed from French demi-mondaine.

noun demimondaines

  1. A sexually promiscuous woman (of the demimonde). However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demi

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noun a woman of the demimonde

Русскийда́ма полусвета dáma polusveta

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"demimondaine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/demimondaine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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demimondaine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/demimondaine

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@misc{demimondaine_2026,
  title = {demimondaine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/demimondaine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}