noun
glitterati
glit-uh-RAH-tee/ˌɡlɪtəˈrɑːti/
Fashionable celebrities and glamorous people prominent in society.
The city's glitterati gather at the gala in dazzling evening wear.
Etymology
Glitter supplies the image of sparkle, while the ending plays on literati, the learned class. The playful formation turns that collective label into one for conspicuously glamorous society.
In context
Philip has invited the entire glitterati here all the journalists all the taste makers all the important people
More examples
- Photographers wait outside the hotel for a glimpse of the glitterati.
- The designer's front row is packed with glitterati.
- This quiet beach town becomes a summer playground for the glitterati.
Forms
glitterati
Similar words
- celebrities
- Famous people generally, without necessarily suggesting glamour or fashion.
- socialites
- People prominent in fashionable society, not necessarily widely famous.