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demimonde

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɛmiːmɒnd/Part of speech nounSorted ddeeimmnoStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

Word origin

Borrowed from French demi-monde (literally “half-world”), from demi (“half”) + monde (“world; people”); possibly coined by French author and playwright Alexandre Dumas fils as the title of a comedic play, Le Demi Monde (1855): see the quotation from 1864.

Used in a sentence

  • Skating Rinks are chiefly patronised by members of the demi[-]monde.
  • Racing is confined almost exclusively to the upper and middle classes in Hungary, though it is always attended by numbers of the demi[-]monde.
  • the literary demimonde

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