Proustian

adjective

Proust·ian | \ ˈprü-stē-ən

Definition of Proustian

: of, relating to, suggestive of, or associated with Marcel Proust or his writings: such as

a : marked by a complex, highly detailed style In spite of its Proustian sentences and its surrealist feints, Krasznahorkai's novel is in fact a rather elementary tale. —Robert Boyers … as she described the mid-20th-century Schenectady city-parks tennis scene in Proustian detail, the hours flew by like anvils. —Charles Leerhsen

b : relating to or evoking the recall of a forgotten memory … there is something Proustian about the tea sandwich. For some people, it evokes warm memories of church socials, showers, Mom's bridge-club luncheons, and similar white-glove occasions. —Evelyn Battaglia … Terry had already started a fire using several cords of dried hickory, whose smell can induce Proustian reveries in southerners everywhere. —Pat Conroy