Meaning of Poirotesque | Babel Free

Definitions

Reminiscent of Hercule Poirot, a fictional Belgian detective in the works of Agatha Christie, known for his finicky neatness and for assembling suspects at the conclusion of a case to explain what happened and who committed the crime.

Examples

“Even more stimulating is the sleuth-like pursuit of clues in Ovid culminating in a Poirotesque gathering of all threads in a final denouement […]”

“The tabloids played on the drama and gave it a Poirotesque twist, of deep plots being hatched in space to do away with troublesome officers.”

“While generally restraining himself from the Poirotesque habit of assembling rooms full of suspects to heighten the sense of theatre at the denouement of a case, he would occasionally milk a scene.”

“Photographs of Murif on the journey show him looking somewhat Hercule Poirotesque, with a neatly trimmed beard and moustache and wearing a homburg hat. The rest of his attire was designed purely for comfort, […]”

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