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jeunesse dorée
[ zhœ-nes daw-rey ]
- wealthy, stylish, sophisticated young people.
jeunesse dorée
/ ʒœnɛs dɔre /
noun
- rich and fashionable young people
Word History and Origins
Origin of jeunesse dorée1
Word History and Origins
Origin of jeunesse dorée1
Example Sentences
His Flatliners of 1990, with Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts, was another very potent example of Hollywood jeunesse dorée given a dark spin.
He was known for roaming the coasts of southern France as part of the “jeunesse dorée,” a high society of dazzlingly rich and morally casual youths in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.
“She almost single-handedly engineered a cultural revolution in London,” Faithfull wrote, “by bringing together the Stones and the jeunesse dorée” — the young, fashionable and rich.
“She almost single-handedly engineered a cultural revolution in London by bringing together the Stones and the jeunesse dorée. “
If Piaf is a little out of fashion with today’s jeunesse dorée then you suspect that could all change at any moment with, say, a high-profile cover version or a new motion picture.
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