Camus

Part of speech: proper noun, noun

Definitions

1. A French author known for his philosophical essays and novels, particularly focusing on themes of absurdism and existentialism
2. A prominent figure in 20th-century literature, renowned for works such as "The Stranger" and "The Myth of Sisyphus"
3. An influential thinker and writer whose ideas challenge traditional notions of meaning and morality, often exploring the human condition

Etymology: The name is best known as that of the French writer and thinker whose work asks how people should live when life seems to have no built-in meaning. That is the modern sense of the proper noun. As a common noun, "camus" is an obsolete spelling of "camis," the name for a loose shirt or undergarment worn in earlier English. "Camis" is a variant of "chemise," the Old French word for the same garment, which descends from the Late Latin "camisia," of uncertain and possibly Celtic origin. The forms differ only in spelling; the garment is the same.