GRAND GUIGNOL


Meaning of GRAND GUIGNOL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌgräⁿ-gēn-ˈyȯl, -ˈyōl ]

noun

Etymology: Le Grand Guignol, small theater in Montmartre, Paris, that specialized in such performances

Date: 1908

: dramatic entertainment featuring the gruesome or horrible

• Grand Guignol adjective

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