Pinter
noun
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
Pinteresque
-
a word derived from
Pinter.
Example Sentences
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But it was the role of Davies, the old tramp who gets embroiled in a classic Pinteresque territorial struggle after one of two brothers invites him to spend the night, that showcased Gambon’s virtuoso command.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
It is there that they must await further orders from their sinister cockney boss, Harry, played with a variety of quaint glottal stops and Pinteresque menace by Fiennes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2021
“People speak in Pinteresque non sequiturs punctuated with equally Pinteresque silences.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2016
“From an economic standpoint, what you’re saying is problematic, to say the least,” he says, in clunkily verbose contrast to the God-child’s Pinteresque conciseness.
From Time ● Dec. 13, 2014
"Pinteresque" came to suggest an edgy break in an uncomfortable conversation, and the playwright tended to these ellipses like a doting mother.
From Time Magazine Archive
