An elegant evening party or gathering, typically held at someone's home with music, dancing, and refreshments.
From French 'soirée' (evening), derived from Latin 'serus' (late). Borrowed into English to describe fancy evening social events among wealthy people.
A soirée is always an evening event—the word literally comes from 'soir' meaning evening in French. In 19th-century novels, soirées were where gossip spread, romances bloomed, and social hierarchies played out!
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