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noirest

noirest is the superlative form of noir.

Meaning of noir

Adjective

noir (comparative more noir, superlative most noir)

  1. Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
    • As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).2008, Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke, “Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files”, in The Philosophy of TV Noir, →ISBN, page 182

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Questions about noirest

What is noirest the superlative form of?
Noirest is the superlative form of noir.

Words near noirest in the dictionary

  1. nointers
  2. nointing
  3. noints
  4. noious
  5. noir
  6. noirest
  7. noirette
  8. noirettes
  9. noirish
  10. noirishly
  11. noirishness

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