Poussin
noun
Nicolas 1594–1655, French painter.
Showing results for Poussin.
Search instead for
robitussin.
Poussin
American
[poo-san]
/ puˈsɛ̃ /
noun
Poussin
1
British
/ pusɛ̃ /
noun
poussin
2
British
/ pusɛ̃ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of poussin
from French
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Traditional European landscape painting, rooted in Poussin and Claude, had always depended on parklike emblems of the Arcadian, or at least on signs of man’s dominion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The museum said the leak - from a heating pipe - was stopped shortly after midnight and the only painting damaged was Charles Meynier's The Apotheosis of Poussin, Le Sueur and Le Brun.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Poussin plays an outsize role in a number of major works that respond to the French Baroque classicist’s elaborate paintings, which are based on ancient religious and mythological stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
This is exemplified in this superb show by the lunging bodies and brushwork in his copy of a Poussin.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
Poussin and Pietro Testa are here more or less objects of aversion, in proportion to the greater or less energy they exerted.
From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by Knowles, John
The chicken recipe is based on the first dish my mum has ever taught me how to cook – the Georgian poussin tabaka.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2017
Or maybe the poussin and local cheeses at the Branded Butcher or the Frogmore Stew with Gulf shrimp and house-made andouille at 5&10.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2016
Afterward, guests walked to the Hilton for a dinner of roast poussin and chocolate cheesecake.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 2, 2011
On a whim, the owner asks Roland to prepare her a poussin dish, off-menu, and then changes her mind at the last minute.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2010
It is to the turkey what the poussin is to the fowl:— Potage à la Stuart.
From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
