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Meaning of Chaplinesque | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Reminiscent of Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.

Equivalents

Français chaplinesque

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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Chaplinian chapped chappish Chappist chappy chapt