demimondaine
See also: demi-mondaine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French demi-mondaine.
Noun
demimondaine (plural demimondaines)
- A sexually promiscuous woman (of the demimonde).
- 1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:
- 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, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
Translations
a woman of the demimonde
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