Noir Definition
nwär
adjective
noirest
Of or characteristic of noir or film noir.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
American Heritage
Suggestive of danger or violence.
American Heritage
noun
Webster's New World
Fiction in which mood, plot, etc. are like those of film noir.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Noir
Noun
Singular:
noirPlural:
noirsAdjective
Base Form:
noirSuperlative:
noirestOrigin of Noir
Short for film noir Sense 2, short for French roman noir black novel
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From film noir and French noir
From Wiktionary
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