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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
macabre /məˈkɑːbr(ə)/
▶adjective disturbing and horrifying because concerned with death and injury.
– origin C19: from Fr. macabre, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death’, from OFr., perh. from Macabé ‘a Maccabee’, with ref. to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees.
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