Etymology

jeunesse dorée

Today it means: Young people who are dazzlingly rich, elegant, etc.; the youthful part of fashionable society. Full definition →

French jeunesse dorée ← ['fr jeunesse dorée
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  3. English todayjeunesse dorée

Borrowed from French jeunesse dorée (“gilded youth”).

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