chaplinesque

chaplinesque
\\|chaplə̇|nesk\ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Charles S. Chaplin b1889 English-born comedian + English -esque
: resembling or suggesting the largely pantomime comedy of the motion-picture comedian Charles Chaplin, especially its central comedy figure, a pathetic ineffectual good-hearted tramp with torn baggy pants, long-worn shoes, cane and bowler hat, an odd jerky walk, and pretensions to gentility

Chaplinesque comedy

waddling with all their Chaplinesque might — Russell Owen


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Chaplinesque — adjective see Chaplin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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