whodunitn.

Brit.

/ˌhuːˈdʌnɪt/, U.S.

/ˌhuˈdənət/

Forms: Also whodunnit and (rare) other variants.

Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of who done it? , nonstandard form (see do v.) of who done it?

colloquial.

A story or other work of fiction about the solving of a mystery, esp. a murder; a detective or murder story. Occasionally used for ‘who did it’ in other contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > crime or detective novel

murder mystery1880

detective story1883

crime novel1884

police novel1889

roman policier1896

true crime1923

detective novel1924

whodunit1930

tec1934

police procedural1957

procedural1963

whydunit1968

1930 D. Gordon in News of Bks. (U.S.) July 10 Half-Mast Murder, by Milward Kennedy—A satisfactory whodunit.

1942 G. Mitchell Laurels are Poison vi. 61 That was another case of Oo-dun-it. Or was it?

1943 Britannia & Eve Feb. 16/1 Clifton Fadiman..moved in with an intellectual slap-stick show, which could be appreciated equally by professors and the public for ‘who-dun-it?’ books.

1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 104/2 Would the thriller fan be abashed to learn that the whodunit anticipated the techniques of modern science and art?

1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xiii. 173 The whodunnit writers have got us all educated.

1961 Times 26 July 15/5 A new ‘whodunit’..is to be produced at St. Martin's theatre.

1971 P. G. Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves vii. 69 I..go in mostly for who-dun-its and novels of suspense. For the who-dun-it Agatha Christie is always a safe bet.

1971 E. Lemarchand Death on Doomsday xi. 169 I think sleeping dogs will be let lie, provided we can establish whodunit.

1975 New Yorker 21 Apr. 2/1 (advt.) Equus—A brilliant psychological whodunit by Peter Shaffer.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 May 615/5 In the whodunnit, we are conditioned to look for not the most obvious but the least likely suspect.

Derivatives

whoˈdunitry n. (also whoˈdunnitry) material or writing such as occurs in a ‘whodunit’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > crime or detective novel > collectively

crime fiction1905

detective fiction1922

whodunitry1961

1961 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 10/4 ‘The Judge and his Hangman’ on BBC television last night. This is whodunitry with undertones.

1966 Punch 8 June 859/2 His The Weekend Girls..settles for whodunitry rather than sociology.

1972 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 9/8 There is no sexual element whatever, and..it doesn't dabble in whodunnitry.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whodunit
释义	whodunitn. Brit. /ˌhuːˈdʌnɪt/, U.S. /ˌhuˈdənət/ Forms: Also whodunnit and (rare) other variants. Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of who done it? , nonstandard form (see do v.) of who done it? colloquial. A story or other work of fiction about the solving of a mystery, esp. a murder; a detective or murder story. Occasionally used for ‘who did it’ in other contexts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > crime or detective novel murder mystery1880 detective story1883 crime novel1884 police novel1889 roman policier1896 true crime1923 detective novel1924 whodunit1930 tec1934 police procedural1957 procedural1963 whydunit1968 1930 D. Gordon in News of Bks. (U.S.) July 10 Half-Mast Murder, by Milward Kennedy—A satisfactory whodunit. 1942 G. Mitchell Laurels are Poison vi. 61 That was another case of Oo-dun-it. Or was it? 1943 Britannia & Eve Feb. 16/1 Clifton Fadiman..moved in with an intellectual slap-stick show, which could be appreciated equally by professors and the public for ‘who-dun-it?’ books. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 104/2 Would the thriller fan be abashed to learn that the whodunit anticipated the techniques of modern science and art? 1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xiii. 173 The whodunnit writers have got us all educated. 1961 Times 26 July 15/5 A new ‘whodunit’..is to be produced at St. Martin's theatre. 1971 P. G. Wodehouse Much Obliged, Jeeves vii. 69 I..go in mostly for who-dun-its and novels of suspense. For the who-dun-it Agatha Christie is always a safe bet. 1971 E. Lemarchand Death on Doomsday xi. 169 I think sleeping dogs will be let lie, provided we can establish whodunit. 1975 New Yorker 21 Apr. 2/1 (advt.) Equus—A brilliant psychological whodunit by Peter Shaffer. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 May 615/5 In the whodunnit, we are conditioned to look for not the most obvious but the least likely suspect. Derivatives whoˈdunitry n. (also whoˈdunnitry) material or writing such as occurs in a ‘whodunit’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > crime or detective novel > collectively crime fiction1905 detective fiction1922 whodunitry1961 1961 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 10/4 ‘The Judge and his Hangman’ on BBC television last night. This is whodunitry with undertones. 1966 Punch 8 June 859/2 His The Weekend Girls..settles for whodunitry rather than sociology. 1972 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 9/8 There is no sexual element whatever, and..it doesn't dabble in whodunnitry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1930
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