grand guignol

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   a play of a macabre or horrific nature

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Questions about grand guignol

What does grand guignol mean?

grand guignol means "a play of a macabre or horrific nature".

Is grand guignol a common word?

grand guignol is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.