Proust

American  

[proost, proost] / prust, prust /

noun

1. Joseph Louis 1754–1826, French chemist.

2. Marcel 1871–1922, French novelist.

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Proust British  

/ prust /

noun

1. Joseph Louis (ʒozɛf lwi). 1754–1826, French chemist, who formulated the law of constant proportions

2. 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

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Example Sentences

At one point in “Ghosting,” Mr. Pettman cites Marcel Proust, who through his fiction became one of the most influential theorists of the interplay of imagination, memory and reality.

From The Wall Street Journal

Robinson seems to respect the first film as though she was adapting Proust.

From Los Angeles Times

A homage to the novelist Marcel Proust, the hotel features sumptuous spaces that conjure the Belle Époque and in them you’ll discover objects linked to the hotel’s namesake, including an autographed copy of “Swann’s Way.”

From New York Times

A dandy who reads Proust and listens to Édith Piaf, Alexandre is obsessed with the past, mainly the aborted revolution of 1968.

From New York Times

Mine will be the Summer of Proust, as I work my way through “In Search of Lost Time.”

From New York Times