homais

language: en

definitions

  1. noun
    A proper noun referring to the character Homais, a pharmacist and satirical representation of bourgeois mediocrity in Gustave Flaubert's novel 'Madame Bovary'.
    en: A proper noun referring to the character Homais, a pharmacist and satirical representation of bourgeois mediocrity in Gustave Flaubert's novel 'Madame Bovary'.

examples

  1. While the Bovary family suffered and died, Homais the pharmacist prospered.

    While the Bovary family suffered and died, Homais the pharmacist prospered.