demi-monden.

Brit.

/ˌdɛmɪˈmɒnd/,

/ˈdɛmɪmɒnd/,

/dəˌmiːˈmɒnd/, U.S.

/ˈˌdɛmiˈˌmɑnd/

Etymology: French; lit. ‘half-world’, ‘half-and-half society’, a phrase invented by Dumas the younger. Compare demi-rep n.

a. The class of women of doubtful reputation and social standing, upon the outskirts of ‘society.’ (Sometimes, though improperly, extended to include courtesans in general.)

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > as a class

demirepdom1839

demi-monde1855

demi-world1862

1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 579 His [Dumas'] Demi-Monde is the link between good and bad society..the world of compromised women, a social limbo, the inmates of which..are perpetually struggling to emerge into the paradise of honest and respectable ladies.

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 30 Countesses, actresses—demi-monde adventuresses.

1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xiv The demi-Monde overflowed the Hôtel de Paris.

1893 N.Y. Nation 27 Apr. 320/1 His province is the demi-monde, the Bohème of the modern Mürger, the Paris of Zola and the Naturalists.

b. attributive or as adj.

ΚΠ

1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone I. i. 10 ‘Is she demi-monde?’..‘Nobody knows’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demi-monde
释义	demi-monden. Brit. /ˌdɛmɪˈmɒnd/, /ˈdɛmɪmɒnd/, /dəˌmiːˈmɒnd/, U.S. /ˈˌdɛmiˈˌmɑnd/ Etymology: French; lit. ‘half-world’, ‘half-and-half society’, a phrase invented by Dumas the younger. Compare demi-rep n. a. The class of women of doubtful reputation and social standing, upon the outskirts of ‘society.’ (Sometimes, though improperly, extended to include courtesans in general.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman > as a class demirepdom1839 demi-monde1855 demi-world1862 1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 579 His [Dumas'] Demi-Monde is the link between good and bad society..the world of compromised women, a social limbo, the inmates of which..are perpetually struggling to emerge into the paradise of honest and respectable ladies. 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 30 Countesses, actresses—demi-monde adventuresses. 1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xiv The demi-Monde overflowed the Hôtel de Paris. 1893 N.Y. Nation 27 Apr. 320/1 His province is the demi-monde, the Bohème of the modern Mürger, the Paris of Zola and the Naturalists. b. attributive or as adj. ΚΠ 1864 G. A. Sala Quite Alone I. i. 10 ‘Is she demi-monde?’..‘Nobody knows’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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