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Pinterish

Pinterish adjective: reminiscent of the works of Harold Pinter; Pinteresque.

Adjective

Pinterish (comparative more Pinterish, superlative most Pinterish)

  1. Reminiscent of the works of Harold Pinter; Pinteresque.
    • Despite what Margie said, it was a very Pinterish play: his mind, his language, were everywhere apparent — no one but Pinter could have written the play.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
    • After yards of Pinterish dialogue they announce that I'm here, but since they don't know me, they might have had to lock me out of my room.1996, Nora Sayre, Sixties going on seventies, page 85

Forms of Pinterish

comparativemore Pinterish
superlativemost Pinterish

Origin of Pinterish

From Pinter + -ish.

Questions about Pinterish

What does Pinterish mean?
Pinterish means reminiscent of the works of Harold Pinter; Pinteresque.
What part of speech is Pinterish?
Pinterish is an adjective.

Words near Pinterish in the dictionary

  1. Pinteresters
  2. Pinterestian
  3. Pinteresting
  4. Pinterests
  5. Pinterian
  6. Pinterish
  7. pinters
  8. pintglass
  9. pintglasses
  10. pintid
  11. pintids

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