EuroLex/F/Macabre


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: macabre - 1. macabre

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from OF (danse) Macabré "(dance) of Death" (1376), probably a translation of ML (Chorea) Machabæorum, literally "dance of the Maccabees" (leaders of the Jewish revolt against Syro-Hellenes). The association with the dance of death seems to be via vivid descriptions of the martyrdom of the Maccabees in the Apocryphal books. The abstracted sense of "gruesome" is first attested 1842 in F, 1889 in Eng.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
Czech: strašidelný Dutch: griezelig

Estonian: õudne

Hungarian: hátborzongató Latvian: drausmīgs, šaušalīgs

Slovak: strašidelný

Slovenian: grozoten, obešenjaški