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Word: Macabre
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century (in dance macabre): French, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death’, from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee’ (see Maccabee), with reference to a late medieval dance or procession called ‘the dance of the Maccabees’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məˈkɑːbrə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death
Short Definition:disturbing because concerned with or causing fear of death
Examples:- a macabre series of murders
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