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danse macabre - 2 dictionary results

danse ma⋅ca⋅bre

[Fr. dahns ma-ka-bruh ] .

Origin:
< F

dance of death

–noun
1. a symbolic dance in which Death, represented as a skeleton, leads people or skeletons to their grave.
2. a representation of this theme in art.
Also called danse macabre.


Origin:
1470–80
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