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macaberesques

macaberesques is the plural of macaberesque.

Meaning of macaberesque

Noun

macaberesque (countable and uncountable, plural macaberesques)

  1. The danse macabre, or some similar performance or imagery.
    • If we can visualise this pattern of pursuit as a sort of figure-of-eight macaberesque—executed by two partners moving with the virtuosity of skilled ice-skaters—we may see how the pattern takes shape in a movement of advance and retreat.1951, Muriel Spark, Mary Shelley

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Questions about macaberesques

What is macaberesques the plural of?
Macaberesques is the plural of macaberesque.

Words near macaberesques in the dictionary

  1. macaasim
  2. macaasims
  3. Macabebe
  4. Macabeo
  5. macaberesque
  6. macaberesques
  7. macabo
  8. macabre
  9. macabrely
  10. macabreness
  11. macabresque

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