Chaplinesqueadj.
Resembling or characteristic of the comedy or style of the English-born film actor and producer Charles Spencer (‘Charlie’) Chaplin (1889–1977).
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Chaplinesque1921
Keatonesque1921
Marxian1936
Marxist1965
Pythonesque1972
superfly1972
1921 G. B. Shaw Pen Portraits (1932) 262 The Chaplinesque invention of Simon of Nantua and the papegai.
1956 Ann. Reg. 1955 364 The atmosphere of Chaplinesque pathos.
1960 Times 29 Apr. 16/1 A Chaplinesque study of the little man contriving to preserve his pathetically humble individuality.
1961 J. McCabe Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy (1962) vii. 145 Ill-fitting, somewhat Chaplinesque clothes.
1963 A. Ross Australia 63 v. 113 His jerky Chaplinesque gait.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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