Gourmont

American  

[goor-mawn] / gurˈmɔ̃ /

noun

1. Remy de 1858–1915, French critic and novelist.

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Gourmont British  

/ ɡurmɔ̃ /

noun

1. Remy de (rəmi də). 1858–1915, French symbolist critic and novelist

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Example Sentences

To the fury of Critic Remy de Gourmont, author of a famed biological theory of esthetics, puritanical Frenchmen covered the offending fact with a large bronze fig leaf.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He became a sort of provincial Remy de Gourmont," says Critic Malcolm Cowley in his introduction to Selected Writings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Voilà l'ennemi! said De Gourmont and put on his controversial armour.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

As a guide to the nineteenth century and much else beside—back to Rome and Greece—the most stimulating cicerone is Remy de Gourmont.

From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert

After these the deluge, ending with the dream by the late Remy de Gourmont, Une Nuit au Luxembourg.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James