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noir

noun \ˈnwär\

Definition of NOIR

1
:  crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings
2
:  film noir
— noir adjective
— noir·ish \-ish\ adjective
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Origin of NOIR

short for film noir
First Known Use: 1980

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with NOIR

ar, are, bar, barre, car, char, czar, far, gar, gnar, guar, jar, Lar, mar, moire, our, par, parr, Parr, R, Saar, scar, spar, SPAR, star, tar, tahr, yare

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7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. noir
  2. beurre noir
  3. café noir
  4. film noir
  5. pinot noir
  6. rouge et noir
  7. blanc de noirs
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