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mondaine

/ (French mɔ̃dɛn) /

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noun

a woman who moves in fashionable society

adjective

characteristic of fashionable society; worldly

Word Origin for mondaine

C19: from French; see mundane

Words nearby mondaine

monck, monclova, moncton, mond process, mondain, mondaine, mondale, monday, monday club, monday morning disease, monday morning quarterback

Example sentences from the Web for mondaine

The mondaine Empress was at once merged in the adoring mother; her whole soul was wrapped up in the boy.

Tracks of a Rolling Stone |Henry J. Coke
To an outsider or a mondaine, the Maidonovo routine would have seemed monotonous to a verge of imbecility.

The Genius |Margaret Horton Potter
She may be no more perfectly dressed, this mondaine, than her demi-mondaine sister of Armenonville.

In Vanity Fair |Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
From the aigrette in her hair to the paste buckle on her shoe she was mondaine.

Hilda |Sarah Jeanette Duncan

But the acuteness of the mondaine pales before that of the lover.

The Genius |Margaret Horton Potter