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beau monde

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French beau monde (literally “beautiful world”).

  1. borrowed from beau monde

Definitions

  1. The fashionable part of society.

    • ...and I am sure you will permit me to invite a friend or two, for you know I only deal with choice spirits, the élite of the beau monde.
    • But the intellectuals one meets are something else again. I didn't behave well with the mental beau monde of Chicago.

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