glitteratin.

/ɡlɪtəˈrɑːtiː/

Etymology: Punningly < glitter n.¹ (glittering adj., etc.) + -ati, as in literati n.

slang (originally U.S.).

With plural agreement. The celebrities or ‘glittering’ stars of fashionable society, or of the literary and show-business world. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > collectively

gilded youth1763

chivalry1816

gilt youth1837

glitterati1956

beautiful people1967

1956 Time 12 Mar. 124/3 Bobbing and weaving about the premises are a passel of New York glitterati. There is a highbrow editor of a popular magazine who is keen on starting a new literary journal [etc.].

1978 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July 23/2 So say the formerly beautiful people, once the jet set, now called the glitterati, which appears to be a combination of literati, or illuminati, with a glittering generality.

1982 Radio Three Mag. Dec. 47/1 But they too appeared apprehensive about the impact on the generous but clear warmth of the empty hall of those 2,812 black tie, bejewelled glitterati.

1984 Times 14 Mar. 14/5 One member of the glitterati..offered to send her own hairdresser to Billie's hotel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	glitterati
释义	glitteratin. /ɡlɪtəˈrɑːtiː/ Etymology: Punningly < glitter n.¹ (glittering adj., etc.) + -ati, as in literati n. slang (originally U.S.). With plural agreement. The celebrities or ‘glittering’ stars of fashionable society, or of the literary and show-business world. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > collectively gilded youth1763 chivalry1816 gilt youth1837 glitterati1956 beautiful people1967 1956 Time 12 Mar. 124/3 Bobbing and weaving about the premises are a passel of New York glitterati. There is a highbrow editor of a popular magazine who is keen on starting a new literary journal [etc.]. 1978 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 July 23/2 So say the formerly beautiful people, once the jet set, now called the glitterati, which appears to be a combination of literati, or illuminati, with a glittering generality. 1982 Radio Three Mag. Dec. 47/1 But they too appeared apprehensive about the impact on the generous but clear warmth of the empty hall of those 2,812 black tie, bejewelled glitterati. 1984 Times 14 Mar. 14/5 One member of the glitterati..offered to send her own hairdresser to Billie's hotel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1956
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