‖ haut monde
(o mɔ̃d)
[Fr., lit. high world.]
The fashionable world: cf. beau-monde.
| 1864 Mrs. Beeton Jrnl. in N. Spain Mrs. Beeton & her Husband (1948) ii. vi. 215 Her dress would have been the envy of many of our haute monde [sic]. 1894 Beerbohm in Yellow Bk. III. 253 A certain lack of tone had crept into the amusements of the haut monde. 1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 22 Apr. 4 The Aberdeen Lido scene which depicts haut monde life..at the glorified Aberdeen beach of the future. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 429/1 Several ladies of the haut monde. 1935 Punch 30 Jan. 114/2 And top-hats at breakfast? Are these the manners of the haut monde? 1969 C. Irving Fake! (1970) iii. 32 All of the haut monde of New York was there... You couldn't move, it was so packed. |