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demi-mondaine

demi-mondaine is the alternative form of demimondaine.

Meaning of demimondaine

Noun

demimondaine (plural demimondaines)

  1. A sexually promiscuous woman (of the demimonde).
    • However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep...1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix

Forms of demi-mondaine

pluraldemi-mondaines

Questions about demi-mondaine

What is demi-mondaine the alternative form of?
Demi-mondaine is the alternative form of demimondaine.

Words near demi-mondaine in the dictionary

  1. demi-lion
  2. demi-lions
  3. demi-lune
  4. demi-lunes
  5. demi-matte
  6. demi-mondaine
  7. demi-mondaines
  8. demi-monde
  9. demi-mondes
  10. demi-pointe
  11. demi-rilievo

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