Poirotian
Poirotian adjective: of or relating to the fictional detective Hercule Poirot in the works of Agatha Christie.
Adjective
Poirotian (comparative more Poirotian, superlative most Poirotian)
- Of or relating to the fictional detective Hercule Poirot in the works of Agatha Christie.
- It is present, too, in The Confidential Clerk, with its multiple puzzles of parental identity and its twisting series of Poirotian revelations in the final scene […]2005, David E. Chinitz, T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide, page 146
- For an outsider, you gain local knowledge slowly, have to sort of come at it indirectly, like a Poirotian detective, accumulating the facts and history of the people who have lived and live in your town.2011, Steve Boggs, Letters to Dinah, page 74
Forms of Poirotian
| comparative | more Poirotian |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Poirotian |
Origin of Poirotian
From Poirot + -ian.
Questions about Poirotian
- What does Poirotian mean?
- Poirotian means of or relating to the fictional detective Hercule Poirot in the works of Agatha Christie.
- What part of speech is Poirotian?
- Poirotian is an adjective.
Words near Poirotian in the dictionary
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