Definitions
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- noun Quality of being
noirish .
Etymologies
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noirish + -ness
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Examples
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PEARL: This has a little bit of that noirishness of Raymond Chandler.
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A young Richard Attenborough excels as the odious Pinkie in a crime drama that is worlds away from the slick American noirishness cinemagoers were accustomed to in 1947.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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The result is all the charm of "The Punisher," which is a testament to Max Payne's seriousness about its noirishness.
Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories By Dan Thomas Lake Tahoe Action 2008
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