noir

comparative more noir · superlative most noir

1. broadcastingOf or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre

   As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).

   2008, Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke, “Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files”, in The Philosophy of TV Noir, →ISBN, page 182

plural noirs

1. uncountablebroadcastingFilm noir.
2. countablebroadcastingA production in the style of film noir.

   Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.

   2007 January 29, Wendell Jamieson, “Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City”, in New York Times