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

The reality is if we don’t figure out a way to turn around this slide, there aren’t going to be classes anymore on Proust.

From Nautilus

When “A Legacy” appeared, this elegant depiction of a lost world was praised by Evelyn Waugh as “entirely delicious,” a view seconded by Nancy Mitford and Janet Flanner, as well as by several reviewers who compared it to Proust.

From Washington Post

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg