Demimonde
Word: Demimonde
Context: Along for the ride is a friend she makes on particular boozy afternoon-Jock Hock (Richard E.Grant), a flamboyant literary-Brit who has also fallen on hard times while retaining a seedy charm that smooths his progress through New York's gay demimonde.
Source: National Review; Dec. 3, 2018; p 47; Critics Choice by Ross Douthat,
Demimonde: [ˈdemēˌmänd] NOUN,(in 19th-century France) the class of women considered to be of doubtful morality and social standing. A group of people considered to be on the fringes of respectable society.
Context: Along for the ride is a friend she makes on particular boozy afternoon-Jock Hock (Richard E.Grant), a flamboyant literary-Brit who has also fallen on hard times while retaining a seedy charm that smooths his progress through New York's gay demimonde.
Source: National Review; Dec. 3, 2018; p 47; Critics Choice by Ross Douthat,
Demimonde: [ˈdemēˌmänd] NOUN,(in 19th-century France) the class of women considered to be of doubtful morality and social standing. A group of people considered to be on the fringes of respectable society.
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