Definition of Mondaine

1. mondain [n -S] - See also: mondain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mondaine

monatize
monatomic
monaul
monauls
monaural
monaurally
monaxial
monaxon
monaxonic
monaxonid
monaxons
monazite
monazites
moncheite
mondain
mondaine (current term)
mondaines
mondains
monde
mondegreen
mondegreens
mondes
mondial
mondo
mondongo
mondos
monecious
monellin

Literary usage of Mondaine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paris of To-day by Richard Kaufmann (1891)
"... never puts her light under a bushel; on the contrary, she understands well THE "GRANDE mondaine.1 ..."

2. The Philobiblion: A Monthly Bibliographical Journal by George Philip Philes (1863)
"... 'tion d'une femme mondaine, qui eft proprement count of him which you quote ; but as ev- cette harpie que J'ai figurée en la taille douce de erybody ..."

3. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"He knows what pretty daughters and frivolous mothers are like in those circles which used to be called demi-mondaine before that distinction was audaciously ..."

4. Paris of To-day by Richard Kaufmann (1891)
"... never puts her light under a bushel; on the contrary, she understands well THE "GRANDE mondaine.1 ..."

5. The Philobiblion: A Monthly Bibliographical Journal by George Philip Philes (1863)
"... 'tion d'une femme mondaine, qui eft proprement count of him which you quote ; but as ev- cette harpie que J'ai figurée en la taille douce de erybody ..."

6. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"He knows what pretty daughters and frivolous mothers are like in those circles which used to be called demi-mondaine before that distinction was audaciously ..."

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