"macaberesque" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more macaberesque [comparative], most macaberesque [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} macaberesque (comparative more macaberesque, superlative most macaberesque)
  1. macabre
    Sense id: en-macaberesque-en-adj-LvKFzefd

Noun

Forms: macaberesques [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} macaberesque (countable and uncountable, plural macaberesques)
  1. The danse macabre, or some similar performance or imagery. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-macaberesque-en-noun-iwjOZJPy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for macaberesque meaning in English (2.7kB)

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