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Grand Gui⋅gnol

  [Fr. grahn gee-nyawl]
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–noun
1. a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
2. of, pertaining to, or resembling such a drama.
Origin:
1905–10; after Le Grand Guignol, small theater in Paris where such dramas were performed
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Grand Gui·gnol   (gräɴ gē-nyôl')   
n.  Drama that emphasizes the horrifying or the macabre.

[After Le Grand Guignol, a theater in Paris.]
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Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See Guignol
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