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Coenesque

Coenesque adjective: reminiscent of the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, known for their dark humor, genre-bending, mannered dialogue, and vivid sense of time and place.

Adjective

Coenesque (comparative more Coenesque, superlative most Coenesque)

  1. Reminiscent of the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, known for their dark humor, genre-bending, mannered dialogue, and vivid sense of time and place.
    • The script was co-written by filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (with Matt Charman) and the Berlin section's blend of menace and humor feels much more Coenesque.2015, October 15. Curt Holman, Creative Loafing.
    • Inherently a Coenesque film noir, it features an uncannily Coenesque universe of cartoonish oddballs and a distinctive vernacular.2015, October 8. Martin Tsai, "There Will Be Blow", Critic's Notebook.

Forms of Coenesque

comparativemore Coenesque
superlativemost Coenesque

Origin of Coenesque

From Coen + -esque.

Questions about Coenesque

What does Coenesque mean?
Coenesque means reminiscent of the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, known for their dark humor, genre-bending, mannered dialogue, and vivid sense of time and place.
What part of speech is Coenesque?
Coenesque is an adjective.

Words near Coenesque in the dictionary

  1. coenenchyme
  2. coenenchymes
  3. coenenchyms
  4. Coenens
  5. coenes
  6. Coenesque
  7. coenesthesia
  8. coenesthesiopathy
  9. coenesthesis
  10. coenesthetic
  11. coenestopathic

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