danse macabre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.

/dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/

danse macabre danses macabres

Borrowed from French danse macabre.

dance of death

vanitas

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