roman-fleuve
/ˌrəʊmɒ̃ˈfləːv
/ /ʀɔmɑ̃flœv/noun (plural romans-fleuves pronounced same)
1A novel featuring the leisurely description of the lives of closely related people.Among those who have set out to write a roman-fleuve and failed is this poet laureate....
- There is something heroic about any novelist embarking upon that most Herculean of labours, a roman-fleuve.
1.1A sequence of related, self-contained novels.
Origin
French, literally 'river novel'.
Rhymes
- put the arm on
- put the bite on
- put the boot in (or into someone)
- put the cart before the horse
- put the clocks back (or forward)
- put the fear of God in (or into) someone
- put the finger on
- put the flags (or flag) out
- put the frighteners on
- put the hard word on
- put their (or our or your) heads together
- put the lid (or the tin lid) on it
- put the make on
- put the mockers on
- put the question
- put the screws on
- put the skids under
- put the squeeze on
- put the tin lid on
- put-through
- puttied
- puttin'-aff
- putting cleek
- putting club
- putting green