homais

language: fr

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'.
    fr: Personnage de Madame Bovary

examples

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

    Tandis que la famille Bovary souffrait et mourait, le pharmacien Homais prospérait.