demimonde
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demimonde
- /ˈdɛmiːmɒnd/ UK
- /ˈdɛmiˌmɑnd/ US
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Borrowed from French demi-monde (literally “half-world”), from demi (“half”) + monde (“world; people”); possibly coined by French author and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils as the title of a comedic play, Le Demi Monde (1855): see the quotation from 1864.
noun demimondes · demi-monde
- A class of women maintained by wealthy protectors; female courtesans or prostitutes as a group. A most remarkable instance of this was afforded in the play of Camille by the performance of the supper-scene. The stage in this scene is supposed to represent a supper-room, enlivened by the presence of a party of young Parisians, more gay, indeed, than respectable, but still Parisians, and Parisia
- A group having little respect or reputation. the literary demimonde
- A member of such a class or group of persons. Those who seek pleasure in a round of dances and fashionable frolic, where the german and the horse-race, the card-table and the drive, are the order of the day, will gather to the sea side and the spa; they will seek Newport, the maelstrom of money; or Long Branch with its broiling sun and its reti
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noun class of women maintained by wealthy protectors
| Français | demi-monde |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Milieu |
| Ελληνικά | ημίκοσμος imíkosmos |
| Română | lume interlopă, prostituție |
| Русский | демимонденки demimondenki, полусве́т polusvét |
noun group having little respect or reputation
| Deutsch | Halbwelt |
|---|
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title = {demimonde},
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