Both Uses of
cosmopolitan
in
The House of Mirth
- She had affiliations of her own in every capital, and a facility for picking them up again after long absences; and the carefully disseminated rumour of the Brys' wealth had at once gathered about them a group of cosmopolitan pleasure-seekers.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- The gratification of being welcomed in high company, and of making her own ascendency felt there, so that she found herself figuring once more as the "beautiful Miss Bart" in the interesting journal devoted to recording the least movements of her cosmopolitan companions—all these experiences tended to throw into the extreme background of memory the prosaic and sordid difficulties from which she had escaped.†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(cosmopolitan as in: a cosmopolitan atmosphere) showing the influence of many different cultures