Gourmont
Americannoun
noun
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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
De Gourmont played every instrument in the band and played it well.
From The Critical Game by John Albert Macy
Without being a dogmatist, De Gourmont was an antagonist of absolutism.
From Unicorns by James Huneker
Not that de Gourmont, with his enormous knowledge, made many such mistakes!
From The Critical Game by John Albert Macy
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