Poirotesque

English Etymology From en Poirot esque. Adjective Reminiscent of Hercule Poirot, a fictional Belgian detective in the works of Agatha Christie, known for his finicky neatness and for assembling suspects at the conclusion of a case to explain what happened and who committed the crime. en 1990 JACT Review 29 Even more stimulating is the sleuth-like pursuit of clues in Ovid culminating in a Poirotesque gathering of all threads in a final denouement en 2000 Sam Mangat The Homestead: The Great Space Mutiny 254 The tabloids played on the drama and gave it a Poirotesque twist, of deep plots being hatched in space to do away with troublesome officers. en 2009 Daniel Smith The Sherlock Holmes Companion: An Elementary Guide 27 While generally restraining himself from the Poirotesque habit of assembling rooms full of suspects to heighten the sense of theatre at the denouement of a case, he would occasionally milk a scene. en 2012 Warren Brown Francis Birtles Photographs of Murif on the journey show him looking somewhat Hercule Poirotesque, with a neatly trimmed beard and moustache and wearing a homburg hat. The rest of his attire was designed purely for comfort, Related terms en Poirotian en eponyms en British fiction