monden.

Brit.

/mɒnd/, U.S.

/moʊnd/,

/mɑnd/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monde.

Etymology: < French monde (c1584 in Middle French in this sense; 1644 in the phrase hommes du monde people who belong to high society: see mound n.¹). Compare earlier beau monde n., grand monde n., and also later haut monde n. N.E.D. (1907) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (mōṅd) /mɔ̃d/.

Now chiefly literary.

The social world of fashionable or aristocratic people; such people collectively. Also: a person's own social circle or set. Cf. grand monde n., beau monde n., etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

1765 H. Walpole Lett. 26 Sept. When the monde returns to Paris, I shall probably be more dissipated.

1774 W. Mason Let. 23 Apr. in Corr. H. Walpole (1955) XXVIII. 158 I..expect you will think no personages of less monde fit to invite to our partie quarrée.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xix. 124 'Tis said..That no one has succeeded in describing The monde, exactly as they ought to paint.

1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip I. iv. 56 You come home late, and you don't live in a proper monde, sir!

1872 E. Braddon Life in India v. 167 Bills have been left at the houses of the monde.

1926 A. Huxley Let. 6 Feb. (1969) 267 Most of the Englishmen are of the export variety one rarely meets at home—at any rate in one's own monde.

1978 A. Powell To keep Ball Rolling ii. iv. 58 He was the only British artist found acceptable in the Paris monde of Picasso and Cocteau.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monde
释义	monden. Brit. /mɒnd/, U.S. /moʊnd/, /mɑnd/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French monde. Etymology: < French monde (c1584 in Middle French in this sense; 1644 in the phrase hommes du monde people who belong to high society: see mound n.¹). Compare earlier beau monde n., grand monde n., and also later haut monde n. N.E.D. (1907) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (mōṅd) /mɔ̃d/. Now chiefly literary. The social world of fashionable or aristocratic people; such people collectively. Also: a person's own social circle or set. Cf. grand monde n., beau monde n., etc. ΘΚΠ 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 1765 H. Walpole Lett. 26 Sept. When the monde returns to Paris, I shall probably be more dissipated. 1774 W. Mason Let. 23 Apr. in Corr. H. Walpole (1955) XXVIII. 158 I..expect you will think no personages of less monde fit to invite to our partie quarrée. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xix. 124 'Tis said..That no one has succeeded in describing The monde, exactly as they ought to paint. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip I. iv. 56 You come home late, and you don't live in a proper monde, sir! 1872 E. Braddon Life in India v. 167 Bills have been left at the houses of the monde. 1926 A. Huxley Let. 6 Feb. (1969) 267 Most of the Englishmen are of the export variety one rarely meets at home—at any rate in one's own monde. 1978 A. Powell To keep Ball Rolling ii. iv. 58 He was the only British artist found acceptable in the Paris monde of Picasso and Cocteau. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765
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