mondainn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒndeɪn/, U.S.

/ˌmɑnˈdeɪn/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mondain.

Etymology: < French mondain (see mundane adj.), although only attested from 1868 as noun in this sense, and from 1844 as adjective in the corresponding sense ‘concerned with the life of high society’. Compare earlier monde n., and later mondaine n., mondaine adj. O.E.D Suppl. (1976, s.v. mondaine) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (moṅdæṅ) /mɔ̃dæ̃/.

A man who belongs to aristocratic or fashionable society; a male inhabitant of the beau monde.

ΘΚΠ

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

gallant1388

wamfler15..

rutter1506

younkera1522

fine gentleman1575

cavalier1589

whisker1595

jinglespur1604

bravery1616

brisk1621

chevalier1630

man about town1647

man of mode1676

man of distinction1699

sprag1707

sparky1756

blood1763

swell1786

Corinthian1819

galliard1828

mondain1833

toff1851

flâneur1854

Johnny1883

silver-tail1898

knut1911

lounge lizard1918

old buster1919

Hooray Henry1959

1833 Lady Morgan Manor Sackville iii, in Dramatic Scenes I. 137 (stage direct.) A general titter among the Mondains.

1894 Cent. Mag. June 244 Society lost its charms for him. He who had been a mondain now became almost a recluse.

1906 B. von Hutten What became of Pam xii. 192 He was a dandy and a mondain, who..had never done anything noteworthy.

1920 A. Huxley Let. 4 May (1969) 185 Cocteau is a man of fabulous cleverness, but not serious—He is just a mondain.

1986 Oxf. Art Jrnl. Jan. 81/1 The appeal of his Italian scenes of brigand and peasant life for the international community of aristocrats and mondains who so eagerly sought his work.

2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Feb. 15/2 Custine staked out a position for himself as a new kind of mondain, an open homosexual, who knew everyone and went everywhere without making apologies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mondain
释义	mondainn. Brit. /ˈmɒndeɪn/, U.S. /ˌmɑnˈdeɪn/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mondain. Etymology: < French mondain (see mundane adj.), although only attested from 1868 as noun in this sense, and from 1844 as adjective in the corresponding sense ‘concerned with the life of high society’. Compare earlier monde n., and later mondaine n., mondaine adj. O.E.D Suppl. (1976, s.v. mondaine) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (moṅdæṅ) /mɔ̃dæ̃/. A man who belongs to aristocratic or fashionable society; a male inhabitant of the beau monde. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male gallant1388 wamfler15.. rutter1506 younkera1522 fine gentleman1575 cavalier1589 whisker1595 jinglespur1604 bravery1616 brisk1621 chevalier1630 man about town1647 man of mode1676 man of distinction1699 sprag1707 sparky1756 blood1763 swell1786 Corinthian1819 galliard1828 mondain1833 toff1851 flâneur1854 Johnny1883 silver-tail1898 knut1911 lounge lizard1918 old buster1919 Hooray Henry1959 1833 Lady Morgan Manor Sackville iii, in Dramatic Scenes I. 137 (stage direct.) A general titter among the Mondains. 1894 Cent. Mag. June 244 Society lost its charms for him. He who had been a mondain now became almost a recluse. 1906 B. von Hutten What became of Pam xii. 192 He was a dandy and a mondain, who..had never done anything noteworthy. 1920 A. Huxley Let. 4 May (1969) 185 Cocteau is a man of fabulous cleverness, but not serious—He is just a mondain. 1986 Oxf. Art Jrnl. Jan. 81/1 The appeal of his Italian scenes of brigand and peasant life for the international community of aristocrats and mondains who so eagerly sought his work. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Feb. 15/2 Custine staked out a position for himself as a new kind of mondain, an open homosexual, who knew everyone and went everywhere without making apologies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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