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Chandlerish

adj

Etymology

From Chandler + -ish, after writer Raymond Chandler.

  1. derived from candela
  2. derived from candelarius
  3. derived from chandelier
  4. inherited from chaundeler
  5. suffixed as chandlerish — “Chandler + ish”

Definitions

  1. Resembling the work of author Raymond Chandler in style or theme

    • […] Polanski has been completing with the writer Robert Towne the script for his new movie, a Chandlerish detective story of the thirties, "Chinatown" […]
    • Broadbent's smoky, sultry originals "The Long Goodbye" and "Lady In The Lake" uphold the album's Chandlerish spirit.
    • These include Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli’s Batman: Year One (19867) [sic] which covers Bruce Wayne’s (and Jim Gordon’s) first weeks on the streets, in a Chandlerish tale of crooked cops and a rotten city […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA