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jet-setty en · ADJ

Etymology

From jet set + -y.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the jet set.
   • Esthetic perceptions are used in social milieux, so you bring together rather fashionable, jet-setty people, and display social graces and charm as major armaments in your quest for enviable social advantage. 1976, Astro*Carto*Graphy, San Francisco, Calif., page 16:
   • That proved only that in a glittery, jet-setty kind of life lived by minor celebrities, people whose pictures got in magazines, these two couples had known each other socially. 2009, Stephen Hunter, I, Sniper, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 235:
   • Reason number two that qualifies me to write this book: my jet-setty lifestyle. What I mean is that my work has granted me access to famous, successful people who love talking about how they got that way. 2004, Heidi Klum, Alexandra Postman, Heidi Klum’s Body of Knowledge: 8 Rules of Model Behavior (to Help You Take Off on the Runway of Life), New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 8:

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