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beau monde

[ boh mond; French boh mawnd ]

noun

  1. the fashionable world; high society.


beau monde

/ ˈbəʊ ˈmɒnd; bo mɔ̃d /

noun

  1. the world of fashion and society
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of beau monde1

1705–15; < French: literally, fine world. See beau, monde
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beau monde1

C18: French, literally: fine world
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Example Sentences

At least this is as far as my observation of him goes on the few occasions I have seen him in the beau monde.

There can be no question but that the middle-class fashion designer revenges himself upon the beau monde.

There was no alternative; we all got up, and in a short time were amid the beau monde of these parts.

Watteau prevailed with them over John Stuart Mill—in a word, they spoke of the beau monde.

The toilettes of the whole beau monde were in activity from sunny morn to dewy eve; and from dewy eve to waxlighted midnight.

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