Larousse

[la-roos, luh-roos]

noun

1. Pierre Athanase 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.

Larousse

/ larus /

noun

1. Pierre Athanase (pjɛr atanɑz). 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist. He edited and helped to compile the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIX siècle (1866–76)

Example Sentences

He was, she said, Puerto Rico’s living version of Larousse Gastronomique, the culinary encyclopedia.

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The Larousse dictionary derided the Robert initiative, dismissing “iel” as a “pseudo pronoun.”

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Sandra Lee is instead the culinary star for the person who's made pizza bagels with ketchup, the one whose gastronomic education comes not from Larousse but the recipe on the back of the package.

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The French publishing house Larousse declared the women “the only historical Amazons known.”

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So, take a page from “Larousse” and allow rhubarb to parade its true vegetal colors.

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