Proustian

[ proo-stee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling Marcel Proust, his writings, or the middle-class and aristocratic worlds he described.

Proustian

/ ˈpruːstɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Marcel Proust, his works, or his style

noun

1. an admirer of Marcel Proust's works

Word History and Origins

Origin of Proustian¹

First recorded in 1925–30; Proust + -ian

Example Sentences

Capote, who died in 1984 shortly before his 60th birthday, spent much of his latter years struggling to write his planned Proustian masterpiece “Answered Prayers,” of which only excerpts were released.

From Seattle Times

There's Callier, a bar that can inspire Proustian reveries across generations of Eurail clutching backpackers.

From Salon

Fisher Book Prize, Chin writes with a Proustian flourish about scrumptious foodscapes, and her new book — a valentine to four generations of her Asian American ancestors — plays to her strengths.

From Washington Post

The debate over food safety in Arizona could affect many kinds of foods, but it has focused on tamales because they hold a special, Proustian place in Arizona’s culinary soul.

From New York Times

William Greenberg Jr., a baked goods impresario whose fanciful cakes, butter cookies, brownies, Linzer tarts and sticky buns would exert a Proustian hold over generations of New Yorkers, died on Feb. 7 at a rehabilitation facility in Valhalla, N.Y.

From New York Times