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məˈkɑːbr(ə)/
adj.
disturbing and horrifying because concerned with death and injury.
Etymology
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.
