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jet-setty

jet-setty adjective: of or pertaining to the jet set.

Adjective

jet-setty (comparative more jet-setty, superlative most jet-setty)

  1. Of or pertaining to the jet set.
    • Esthetic perceptions are used in social milieux, so you bring together rather fashionable, jet-setty people, and display social graces and charm as major armaments in your quest for enviable social advantage.1976, Astro*Carto*Graphy, San Francisco, Calif., page 16
    • Reason number two that qualifies me to write this book: my jet-setty lifestyle. What I mean is that my work has granted me access to famous, successful people who love talking about how they got that way.2004, Heidi Klum, Alexandra Postman, Heidi Klum’s Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior (to Help You Take Off on the Runway of Life), New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 8

Forms of jet-setty

comparativemore jet-setty
superlativemost jet-setty
alternative formjetsetty

Origin of jet-setty

From jet set + -y.

Questions about jet-setty

What does jet-setty mean?
Jet-setty means of or pertaining to the jet set.
What part of speech is jet-setty?
Jet-setty is an adjective.

Words near jet-setty in the dictionary

  1. jet-sets
  2. jet-setted
  3. jet-setter
  4. jet-setters
  5. jet-setting
  6. jet-setty
  7. jet-ski
  8. jet-skis
  9. jet-wash
  10. jet-washed
  11. jet-washes

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