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noir

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noir  (nwär)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the film noir genre.
2. Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
3. Suggestive of danger or violence.
[Short for film noir + Sense 2, short for French roman noir, black novel.]
noirish adj.
noir [nwɑː]
adj
(Performing Arts) (of a film) showing characteristics of a film noir, in plot or style


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In short, he had hitherto acted the part rather of a spectator than of a party in the tournament, a circumstance which procured him among the spectators the name of Le Noir Faineant, or the Black Sluggard.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Upon this I set myself to explain the meaning of all the combinations--of "rouge et noir," of "pair et impair," of "manque et passe," with, lastly, the different values in the system of numbers.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Kirsch was at work for his part at the rouge et noir and did not see his young master.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
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