mondain

/ mɔ̃dɛ̃ /

noun

1. a man who moves in fashionable society

adjective

1. characteristic of fashionable society; worldly

Word History and Origins

Origin of mondain¹

C19: from French; see _mundane

Example Sentences

Instead, he had powerful mentors who had recommended him to Rothschild as a danseur mondain—literally, high-society dancer—who could drum up business.

From Wall Street Journal

Voltaire’s poem “Le Mondain” depicts its author as the owner of fine tapestries and silverware and an ornate carriage, revelling in Europe’s luxurious present and scorning its religious past.

From The New Yorker

Chadd - who mainly breeds the English Carrier, French Mondain and Old German Owl varieties of pigeons - is competing in the pigeon contest at the Washington State Fair.

From Washington Times

Among its defenders were Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees, 1706, who, however, calls everything a luxury which exceeds the baldest necessities of life; Voltaire in Le Mondain, the Apologie du Luxe, and Sur L'Usage de la Vie; Mélon, Essai politique sur le Commerce, ch.

From Project Gutenberg

We are getting dreadfully mondain.

From Project Gutenberg