noir

Dictionary: noir (nwär) pronunciation

adj.

Of or relating to the film noir genre.
Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
Suggestive of danger or violence.

[Short for FILM NOIR + Sense 2, short for French roman noir, black novel.]

noirish noir'ish adj.

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