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Chaplinesque

Chaplinesque adjective: reminiscent of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.

Adjective

Chaplinesque (comparative more Chaplinesque, superlative most Chaplinesque)

  1. Reminiscent of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.
    • One of these [posters], When in Doubt, Take the Underground (1913), depicts a dazed, Chaplinesque man consulting his watch and looking perplexed. Well, he would look perplexed - he hasn't yet noticed the light of the Underground station sign behind him.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 162

Forms of Chaplinesque

comparativemore Chaplinesque
superlativemost Chaplinesque

Origin of Chaplinesque

From Chaplin + -esque.

Questions about Chaplinesque

What does Chaplinesque mean?
Chaplinesque means reminiscent of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.
What part of speech is Chaplinesque?
Chaplinesque is an adjective.

Words near Chaplinesque in the dictionary

  1. chapli kabab
  2. chapli kababs
  3. chapli kebab
  4. chapli kebabs
  5. chaplin
  6. Chaplinesque
  7. chapling
  8. chaplings
  9. Chaplinian
  10. chaplins
  11. chaplis

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