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dem⋅i⋅world

  [dem-ee-wurld]
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–noun
demimonde (defs. 4, 5).
Origin:
1860–65; partial trans. of demimonde; see demi-, world
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dem·i·monde   (děm'ē-mŏnd')   
n.  

    1. A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors.

    2. Women prostitutes considered as a group.

  2. A group whose respectability is dubious or whose success is marginal: the literary demimonde of ghost writers, hacks, and publicists. Also called demiworld.


[French demi-monde : demi-, demi- + monde, world (from Latin mundus).]
dem·i·world   (děm'ē-wûrld')   
n.  See demimonde.
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