beau monde
/bəʊ ˈmɒnd
/ /bo mɔ̃d/noun (the beau monde)
Fashionable society: London was the centre of this jet-hopping beau monde...
- She was indeed a creature of the beau monde, the same society that had virtually shunned his family in the past and even now only reluctantly accepted them.
- What started as a schoolgirl rebellion against Japan's rigid conformity is now causing ripples of admiration from the beau monde of international fashion.
- But it is not wild nightlife the buyers come for, or to be seen behind Gucci glasses with the beau monde, or even white-knuckle skiing: it is chalets they can use all year round and a friendly, family atmosphere.
Origin
French, literally 'fine world'.
Rhymes
- substantival
- substantivally
- substantivate
- substantive
- substantive law
- substantively
- substantiveness
- substantive rationality
- substantivism
- substantivist
- substantivity
- substantivization
- substantivize
- substantize
- substate
- substation
- substellar
- substituend
- substituent
- substitutability
- substitutable
- substitute
- substitute bench
- substitute broker
- substitute brokerage