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Proustian

[ proo-stee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.


Proustian

/ ˈːɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Marcel Proust, his works, or his style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an admirer of Marcel Proust's works
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Proustian1

First recorded in 1925–30; Proust + -ian
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Example Sentences

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While for Palestinians themselves, he hopes that it’s a way to reconnect with their roots in a Proustian rush of memory triggered by an aroma.

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Capote, who died in 1984 shortly before his 60th birthday, spent much of his latter years struggling to write his planned Proustian masterpiece “Answered Prayers,” of which only excerpts were released.

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Fisher Book Prize, Chin writes with a Proustian flourish about scrumptious foodscapes, and her new book — a valentine to four generations of her Asian American ancestors — plays to her strengths.

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The debate over food safety in Arizona could affect many kinds of foods, but it has focused on tamales because they hold a special, Proustian place in Arizona’s culinary soul.

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Reading McCarthy on it was, for me, a Proustian arrow through my pan-fried heart.

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