higlifn.
/iɡlif/ High society.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun]
higheOE
high life?a1518
towna1616
world1618
grand monde1673
society1693
beau monde1712
fine world1740
monde1765
tonc1770
high society1782
fashion1807
all the world1808
society1840
smart set1851
swelldom1854
Fifth Avenue1858
fashionabledom1859
haut monde1864
the big cheesea1910
higlif1911
haute Bohème1925
café society1937
jet set1949
beautiful people1950
1911 ‘I. Hay’ Safety Match xiv. 222 That variegated cosmos which..Gallic students of British sociology term ‘Le Higlif’.
1925 A. Huxley Along the Road iv. 256 English Higlif, as seen through the eyes of an Italian touring company, was worth coming for.
1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 141/1 Token names which evoke romance or the longed-for higlif.
1961 John o' London's 24 Aug. 235/2 It sees through this neurotic hig-lif caper to the fear and insecurity underneath.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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