| Word | demimondaine |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. A woman on the fringes of respectable society supported by a wealthy lover. |
| Sentence | In Proust's long novel La recherche, Swann, a socially sophisticated Jewish art dealer, falls for Odette, a demimondaine, a "kept" woman of sorts, a semi- or perhaps just a quarter-prostitute; she treats him badly. |
| Source | Antifragile, Nicholas Nassim Taleb |
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