jeunesse dorée

[ zhœ-nes daw-rey ]

French.

1. wealthy, stylish, sophisticated young people.

jeunesse dorée

/ ʒœnɛs dɔre /

noun

1. rich and fashionable young people

Word History and Origins

Origin of jeunesse dorée¹

Literally, “gilded youth”

Word History and Origins

Origin of jeunesse dorée¹

literally: gilded youth

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.

From The Guardian

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.

From New York Times

“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.

From Washington Post

“She almost single-handedly engineered a cultural revolution in London by bringing together the Stones and the jeunesse dorée. “

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From The Guardian