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Beau monde   /boʊ mɑnd/   Listen
Beau monde

noun
1.
The fashionable elite.  Synonyms: bon ton, high society, smart set, society.






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"Beau monde" Quotes from Famous Books



... downfall. Some recreation from his work even the most strenuous artist must have; and Mr. Brummell naturally sought his in that exalted sphere whose modish elegance accorded best with his temperament, the sphere of le plus beau monde. General Bucknall used to growl, from the window of the Guards' Club, that such a fellow was only fit to associate with tailors. But that was an old soldier's fallacy. The proper associates of an artist are they ...
— The Works of Max Beerbohm • Max Beerbohm

... notandos, which the beau monde of the Cambrian mountains was in the habit of remembering with the greatest pleasure, and anticipating with the most lively satisfaction, was the Christmas ball which the ancient family of the Headlongs had been accustomed to give from time immemorial. Tradition attributed the honour of its foundation ...
— Headlong Hall • Thomas Love Peacock



Words linked to "Beau monde" :   elite, four hundred, society, elite group



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