Word of the Day for Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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macabre \muh-KAH-bruh\, adjective:
macabre \muh-KAH-bruh\, adjective:
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1. Gruesome and horrifying.
1. Gruesome and horrifying.
2. Pertaining to or representing death, esp. its grimmer or uglier aspect.
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Those two men were of the same office though Bush, actively alive and involved in his presidency, did not resemble the B.O., who, without being exactly macabre, behaved more like an indifferent but restless, yet inept, corpse! (With apologies to Joseph Conrad, The rescue: a romance of the shallows)
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Macabre relates to the Danse Macabre, a medieval allegory, but the etymology of the word itself is subject to speculation.
Macabre relates to the Danse Macabre, a medieval allegory, but the etymology of the word itself is subject to speculation.
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