noir

noir

noun \ˈnwär\

Definition of NOIR

1

: crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings

2

: film noir

— noir adjective

— noir·ish \-ish\ adjective

Origin of NOIR

short for film noir

First Known Use: 1980

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with NOIR

ar, are, bar, barre, car, char, czar, far, gar, gnar, guar, jar, Lar, mar, moire, our, par, parr, Parr, R, Saar, scar, spar, SPAR, star, tar, tahr, yare