MONDAIN

PRONUNCIATION: (mon-DAYN)

MEANING noun: A sophisticated man; a man belonging to fashionable society.
adjective: Worldly; fashionable.

ETYMOLOGY: From French mondain (socialite), from Latin mundus (world). Earliest documented use: 1833.
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MONDRAIN - dyslexic painter of black-outlined rectangles filled with primary colors

MONDARIN - my 60s pop-singer (Mack the Knife, Splish-Splash and others)

MONDAIC - complaining because it's the first workday of the week