glitterati
glitterati noun: celebrities or people with a lot of money; the smart set.
Noun
glitterati pl (normally plural, singular glitteratus)
- Celebrities or people with a lot of money; the smart set.
- Fifty Seven Fifty Seven—The country's entertainment-industry glitterati make themselves right at home at I. M. Pei's monumental dining room.1997 June 2, “Restaurants”, in New York, volume 30, number 21, page 132
- “Where can we find a celebrity, and fast?” “Well, this is Staten Island, which is a veritable playground for the glitterati.”2022 August 9, Ayo Edebiri & Shana Gohd, “Private School” (16:03 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 5, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry)
Forms of glitterati
| singular | glitteratus |
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Origin of glitterati
Blend of glitter + literati.
Questions about glitterati
- What does glitterati mean?
- Glitterati means celebrities or people with a lot of money; the smart set.
- What part of speech is glitterati?
- Glitterati is a noun.
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