mondaine
Britishnoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mondaine
C19: from French; see mundane
Example Sentences
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The aristocratic and spiritual dimensions of painting were giving way to something more fashionable, more mondaine.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
The men are drawn with no less strength and sincerity; while Lady Juliet—the brilliant, heartless, little mondaine who precipitates the tragedy of three lives—is a thumb-nail sketch of a fascinating, if worthless, type.
From Werwolves by O'Donnell, Elliott
And where fashion reigns the difference between mondaine and demi-mondaine is unfortunately not always apparent.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
The princess was not very mondaine, didn't care about society and life in a city—preferred the country, with riding and shooting and any sort of sport.
From My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
And he was sending bouquets as to some mondaine of the vanished world and of his youth.
From The Hippodrome by Hayward, Rachel
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