glitterati

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(glĭt'ə-rä') pronunciation
pl.n. Informal
Highly fashionable celebrities; the smart set: "private parties on Park Avenue and Central Park West, where the literati mingled with glitterati" (Skylines).

[Blend of GLITTER and LITERATI.]


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noun, orig US

The fashionable set of literary or show-business people. (1956 —) .
Times One member of the glitterati...offered to send her own hairdresser to Billie's hotel (1984).

[Punningly from glitter noun + pl. suffix -ati as in literati noun.]


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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - juvelprydet selskab, pragtfulde smykker

Nederlands (Dutch)
literaire/show business elite

Français (French)
n. pl. - célébrités (npl)

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Stars aus Schriftstellerei und Schaugeschäft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - διασημότητες, διάσημα πρόσωπα (του θεάματος, της λογοτεχνίας κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
bel mondo

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - celebridades (f pl)

Русский (Russian)
созвездие знаменитостей

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - el grupo de moda en el mundo literario y del espectáculo, celebridades del mundo artístico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - det vackra folket

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
知名人士, 社会上层人士, 社会名流

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 知名人士, 社會上層人士, 社會名流

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 세련된 사람의 무리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 社交界の人びと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) اشخاص يتبعون الموضه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮החוג הנוצץ‬


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