noir

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Of course, I'm presuming "film noir" is French for "from inside the seventh circle of hell."

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the film noir genre.
  2. adjective Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
  3. adjective Suggestive of danger or violence.

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  • When it comes to those rare happy endings in noir, his might be the happiest of them all. —  AHMM,March2006
  • It's a Wonderful Life as a noir is its treatment of the noir subject: the tough, ironic specimen of compromised masculinity who is drawn rather than travels through life, a a passive observer to forces beyond his control. film noir: the sultry, urban portrayal of a George Bailey-less world. —  Progressive Bloggers
  • I don't have the press sheet with me so I can't tell if this is 100-percent pinot noir, although Mondavi's 2006 Pinot Noir was blend of 76-percent Pinot Noir, 16-percent Syrah, —  GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines
  • In the United States, appellations are less meaningful but they can still bump up prices, whether Napa cabernet or pinot noir from the Russian River Valley. —  The Pour
  • Of course, I'm presuming "film noir" is French for "from inside the seventh circle of hell." —  Yeeeah! - Snarky Celebrity Gossip
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  1. Short for film noir + Sense 2, short for French roman noir, black novel.

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  1. French
 

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