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- adjective Characteristic of Noel Coward (1889-1973),
English playwright andactor , or his works, characterized byflamboyant wit .
Etymologies
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Coward + -esque
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It's a clever tale, well played, Cowardesque but sincere.
NYT > Home Page By ANITA GATES 2009
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It's a clever tale, well played, Cowardesque but sincere.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Written during an awe-inspiringly brief period of six days, "High Spirits" concerns a fussy, cantankerous socialite Charles Condomine (James DePavia), a suave Cowardesque novelist, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant,
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