beautiful peoplen.

Brit.

/ˈbjuːtᵻf(ᵿ)l ˌpiːpl/, U.S.

/ˈbjudəfəl ˌpipəl/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: beautiful adj., people n.

Etymology: < beautiful adj. + people n. With sense 1 compare earlier beau monde n.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

1. Wealthy and fashionable people, regarded as a social group; the members of a social or celebrity elite. Chiefly with the. Cf. beau monde n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > rich people

richeOE

grand1667

moneyed interest1711

affluent1735

nabobry1777

jet set1949

beautiful people1950

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

1950 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 24 Sept. b8/2 The pictures that..he [sc. John Garfield] approves of are films that tell an honest story in an honest way, and with no concession to ‘the beautiful people’... ‘It used to be that some producers thought movies had to be made to lift people into a kind of misty dream world filled with beautiful women, handsome men, golden chariots and buckets of money.’

1964 Vogue (U.S. ed.) 15 Feb. 49 (title) What the beautiful people are doing to keep fit.

1970 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 81/1 Cleveland Amory..feels that the Beautiful People and the Jet Set are being threatened by current economics.

1987 G. D. Fee 1st Epist. Corinthians 78 Not from the world's ‘beautiful people’, but from the lower classes, the ‘nobodies’, God chose those who..would make up his new people.

1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. viii. 1/3 He..attends beautiful people luncheons at the posh Indian Creek Country Club.

2002 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 4 July 83/3 (advt.) Hi-Fi Sean spins old and contemporary hip hop, disco, funk and electro to the beautiful people of this upmarket drinkerie.

2. Hippies, regarded collectively. Chiefly with the. Now historical.Chiefly used in or with reference to the 1960s.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > collectively

gilded youth1763

chivalry1816

gilt youth1837

glitterati1956

beautiful people1967

1967 Washington Post 15 Jan. b1/3 Until 1 p.m. there were no ‘beautiful people’ who, the Psychedelic Information Center said, would ‘turn on passers-by with (their) calm’.

1967 Spectator 4 Aug. 131/1 This was no love-in but a lie-in; far from being one of the Beautiful People, I was in an ugly frame of mind.

1970 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 23 Oct. 8/2 By this time I was ‘hip’... I started hanging around with the ‘beautiful people’ who I felt were sincere in their use of drugs to get rid of their ‘hang-ups’.

1995 Scotsman (Nexis) 17 July 16 A Woodstock for the Nineties?.. The Oasis-loving hordes..aren't exactly the beautiful people, but there was a palpable sensation that this was some kind of event.

2003 I. MacDonald People's Music 4 Dylan..was no loved-up hippie, no brother to the Beautiful People.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	beautiful people
释义	beautiful peoplen. Brit. /ˈbjuːtᵻf(ᵿ)l ˌpiːpl/, U.S. /ˈbjudəfəl ˌpipəl/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: beautiful adj., people n. Etymology: < beautiful adj. + people n. With sense 1 compare earlier beau monde n. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. Wealthy and fashionable people, regarded as a social group; the members of a social or celebrity elite. Chiefly with the. Cf. beau monde n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > rich people richeOE richeOE grand1667 moneyed interest1711 affluent1735 nabobry1777 jet set1949 beautiful people1950 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 1950 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 24 Sept. b8/2 The pictures that..he [sc. John Garfield] approves of are films that tell an honest story in an honest way, and with no concession to ‘the beautiful people’... ‘It used to be that some producers thought movies had to be made to lift people into a kind of misty dream world filled with beautiful women, handsome men, golden chariots and buckets of money.’ 1964 Vogue (U.S. ed.) 15 Feb. 49 (title) What the beautiful people are doing to keep fit. 1970 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Sept. 81/1 Cleveland Amory..feels that the Beautiful People and the Jet Set are being threatened by current economics. 1987 G. D. Fee 1st Epist. Corinthians 78 Not from the world's ‘beautiful people’, but from the lower classes, the ‘nobodies’, God chose those who..would make up his new people. 1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. viii. 1/3 He..attends beautiful people luncheons at the posh Indian Creek Country Club. 2002 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 4 July 83/3 (advt.) Hi-Fi Sean spins old and contemporary hip hop, disco, funk and electro to the beautiful people of this upmarket drinkerie. 2. Hippies, regarded collectively. Chiefly with the. Now historical.Chiefly used in or with reference to the 1960s. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male > collectively gilded youth1763 chivalry1816 gilt youth1837 glitterati1956 beautiful people1967 1967 Washington Post 15 Jan. b1/3 Until 1 p.m. there were no ‘beautiful people’ who, the Psychedelic Information Center said, would ‘turn on passers-by with (their) calm’. 1967 Spectator 4 Aug. 131/1 This was no love-in but a lie-in; far from being one of the Beautiful People, I was in an ugly frame of mind. 1970 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 23 Oct. 8/2 By this time I was ‘hip’... I started hanging around with the ‘beautiful people’ who I felt were sincere in their use of drugs to get rid of their ‘hang-ups’. 1995 Scotsman (Nexis) 17 July 16 A Woodstock for the Nineties?.. The Oasis-loving hordes..aren't exactly the beautiful people, but there was a palpable sensation that this was some kind of event. 2003 I. MacDonald People's Music 4 Dylan..was no loved-up hippie, no brother to the Beautiful People. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1950
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