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macabre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French macabre, whose etymology is uncertain, but possibly derives from the term danse macabre – the attribute of which was construed as an adjective – most commonly believed to be from corruption of the biblical name Maccabees; compare Latin Chorea Machabaeorum.
Another theory derives the term from Spanish macabro, from Arabic ????????? (maq?bir, “cemeteries”), plural of ?????????? (maqbara) or ?????????? (maqbura). Borrowing Arabic in plural form is not unusual: a similar case is the word magazine, derived from the plural ????? max?zin of the Arabic singular noun ???? maxzan "storehouse/depot/shop".
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??k??b??/, /m??k??b?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /m??k?b/, /m??k?b??/, /m??k?b?/
- Homophone: McCobb
Adjective
macabre (comparative more macabre, superlative most macabre)
- Representing or personifying death.
- 1941, George C. Booth, Mexico's School-made Society, page 106
- There are four fundamental figures. One is a man measuring and comparing his world […] In front of him is a macabre figure, a cadaver ready to be dissected. This symbolizes man serving mankind. The third figure is the scientist, the man who makes use of the information gathered in the first two fields of mensurable science.
- 1941, George C. Booth, Mexico's School-made Society, page 106
- Obsessed with death or the gruesome.
- 1993, Theodore Ziolkowski, "Wagner's Parsifal between Mystery and Mummery", in Werner Sollors (ed.), The Return of Thematic Criticism, pages 274-275
- Indeed, in the 1854 draft of Tristan he planned to have Parzival visit the dying knight, and both operas display the same macabre obsession with bloody gore and festering wounds.
- 1993, Theodore Ziolkowski, "Wagner's Parsifal between Mystery and Mummery", in Werner Sollors (ed.), The Return of Thematic Criticism, pages 274-275
- Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
- 1927 [1938], H. P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, Introduction
- The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment from every-day life.
- Synonyms: ghastly, horrifying, shocking, terrifying
- 1927 [1938], H. P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, Introduction
Derived terms
- danse macabre
Translations
See also
- Danse Macabre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- carbeam
Catalan
Etymology
From French macabre
Adjective
macabre (feminine macabra, masculine and feminine plural macabres)
- macabre
French
Etymology
From Danse Macabre (“dance of death”), from Old French, usually said to be from Macabé (“Maccabee”), in reference to a mystery play depicting their slaughter. See Maccabee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.kab?/
Adjective
macabre (plural macabres)
- macabre
Synonyms
- lugubre
Derived terms
- danse macabre
Further reading
- “macabre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
References
Italian
Adjective
macabre
- feminine plural of macabro
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma?ka.bre]
Adjective
macabre
- nominative feminine plural of macabru
- accusative feminine plural of macabru
- nominative neuter plural of macabru
- accusative neuter plural of macabru
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repugnant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p??n?nt/
- Hyphenation: re?pug?nant
Adjective
repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)
- Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
- (law) Opposed or in conflict.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "repugnant" is often applied: act, nature, behavior, practice, character, thing, crime.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- repugnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- repugnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pregnaunt
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin repugn?ns, attested from 1803.
Adjective
repugnant (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)
- repugnant, revolting
Related terms
- repugnància
- repugnar
Further reading
- “repugnant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “repugnant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “repugnant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
Latin
Verb
repugnant
- third-person plural present active indicative of repugn?
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French repugnant.
Adjective
repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes)
- repugnant; repulsive
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.
Adjective
repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante)
- contradictory
- opposing; adversary
Descendants
- ? English: repugnant
- Middle French: repugnant
- French: répugnant
Romanian
Etymology
From French répugnant.
Adjective
repugnant m or n (feminine singular repugnant?, masculine plural repugnan?i, feminine and neuter plural repugnante)
- repugnant
Declension
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