Chaplinesque
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Reminiscent of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.
"One of these [posters], When in Doubt, Take the Underground (1913), depicts a dazed, Chaplinesque man consulting his watch and looking perplexed. Well, he would look perplexed - he hasn't yet noticed the light of the Underground station sign behind him."
Example
More examples"One of these [posters], When in Doubt, Take the Underground (1913), depicts a dazed, Chaplinesque man consulting his watch and looking perplexed. Well, he would look perplexed - he hasn't yet noticed the light of the Underground station sign behind him."
Etymology
From Chaplin + -esque.
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