noirette

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noirette

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From French noir (“black”) + -ette, after brunette. Compare French and Middle French noirette.

noun noirettes

rare A black-haired person, especially a woman. For a time I was with a Noirette from North Africa, rebellious and intemperate, her frizzy hair shooting out as if her head had exploded in one of those stop-action photographs taken at a thousandth.
Similar: blackette

adjective

not comparable, rare Especially of a woman: black-haired. And now, in the moment I should have focused on you, I found myself recalling the night I chased a pale blonde down an alley, as she complained to her voluptuous, noirette friend what a cheapskate I was.

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noun black-haired person

Español	morocho, morocha, moreno, morena

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@misc{noirette_2026,
  title = {noirette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/noirette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}