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What does Proustian mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of Marcel Proust (1871–1922), French novelist, or his works.
  2. (of pleasure) Derived from personal memory, as it often happens in the works of Proust (for example, in the experience of the madeleine).
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That mulchy smell could trigger an olfactory flashback of Proustian ripeness in children of a certain age.
For the record, I have tasted and enjoyed Doritos Locos Tacos, possibly due to Proustian effects.
Twenty years ago, in his beautiful, Proustian memoir, Self-Consciousness, however, he tried to peer forward into the darkness.
One of them, salat olivier, almost provokes Proustian tears from a Ukranian-born friend across the table.
So what would be the Proustian madeleine that would bring back his youthful self, Judt asks?
We were received with the effusiveness usually secured only by having previously overtipped on a Proustian scale.

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