proustian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or in the manner of Marcel Proust

Questions about proustian

What does proustian mean?

proustian means "of or relating to or in the manner of Marcel Proust".

How many syllables are in proustian?

proustian has 3 syllables and divides as pro-u-stian under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is proustian a common word?

proustian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.