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noir definition

noir (nwär)

noun

  1. film noir
  2. fiction in which mood, plot, etc. are like those of film noir

Etymology: Fr, black

adjective

of or characteristic of noir

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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