Proust

[ proost; French proost ]

noun

1. Jo·seph Louis [zhaw-, zef, lwee], 1754–1826, French chemist.
2. Mar·cel [mahr-, sel, m, a, r, -, sel], 1871–1922, French novelist.

Proust

/ prust /

noun

1. ProustJoseph Louis17541826MFrenchSCIENCE: chemist Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1754–1826, French chemist, who formulated the law of constant proportions
2. ProustMarcel18711922MFrenchWRITING: novelist Marcel (marsɛl). 1871–1922, French novelist whose long novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27) deals with the relationship of the narrator to themes such as art, time, memory, and society

Example Sentences

She saw herself as part of a larger tradition that includes Honore de Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Thomas Mann.

From The Daily Beast

Whitman is made to share a chapter, lumped in with Proust, Wilde, and Baudelaire, in which he is allotted a mere paragraph.

From The Daily Beast

Proust is, in addition to everything else, very funny; much funnier, in fact, than all those New Yorker cartoons.

From The Daily Beast

Proust was himself, to a great extent, responsible for this.

From The Daily Beast

The title poem rushes forward with a gorgeous hydraulic motion, as if Proust had been sped up and turned into a Town Car.

From The Daily Beast

I have not yet said much of my hostess Madame Proust; not because she was wanting in any way,—far from it, indeed.

From Project Gutenberg

The next advance was made by Joseph Louis Proust, whose investigations led to a clear grasp of the law of constant proportions.

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According to Proust hordeine is a yellowish powder, not unlike fine saw-dust.

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Other chemists suppose that the hordeine of Proust is merely a mixture of the bran of the barley with starch and gluten.

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Proust has lately announced the discovery of a native sulphuret of manganese.

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