Flau·bert 
(flō-bâr), Gustave 1821-1880.
(flō-bâr), Gustave 1821-1880. French writer whose novel Madame Bovary (1857), noted for its precise literary style and psychological perceptiveness, is considered a forerunner of naturalism.
Flau·bertian (-shən, -tē-ən) adj.