demi-mondain

Belgian figure-painting gains by the lack of the element which a French critic notes when he says modern art has become _mondain -- surtout demi-mondain_.

Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Various

So even when the Government proposed the creation of demi-mondain bishops, and the setting up of what amounted to a second establishment in the upper chamber of its spiritual spouse, the outward proprieties were still observed, and the sanctities of national interests respected.

King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Laurence Housman 1912