beau monde

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(bō′ mänd′; Fr bō mōnd′)

fashionable society

Origin: Fr, lit., elegant world

See beau monde in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. beaux mondes (bō môɴdˈ) or beau mondes (bō mŏndzˈ)
The world of fashionable society.

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Origin: French

Origin: : beau, good

Origin: + monde, world, society

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