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History. Early traces of macabre can be found in Ancient Greek and Latin writers such as the Roman writer Petronius, author of the Satyricon (late 1st century CE), and the Numidian writer Apuleius, author of The Golden Ass (late 2nd century CE).
Aug 18, 2020 · macabre. (adj.) early 15c., in Macabrees daunce, daunce of Machabree, a kind of morality show or allegorical representation of death and his victims, from Old French (danse) Macabré " (dance) of Death" (1376), which is of uncertain origin.
The earliest known use of the word macabre is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for macabre is from 1841, in Bentley's Miscellany.
The earliest known use of the noun Macabre is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for Macabre is from around 1430, in the writing of John Lydgate, poet and prior of Hatfield Regis.
We trace the origins of macabre to the name of the Book of Maccabees, which is included in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha.
The adjective 'macabre' has its etymological origins in the French language, specifically from the phrase 'danse macabre,' which means 'dance of death.'
If a story involves lots of blood and gore, you can call it macabre. This word first appeared in English in the context of the "Dance of Death," recounted in literature as the figure of Death leading people in a dance to the grave, and translated from the Old French Danse Macabre.
