Pronounced: KACH-pole, noun
Notes: Another new word to me
Yesterday’s phrase
The phrase Grand Guignol as a noun, is “an event, entertainment, etc of a sensational or horrific nature”. As an adjective, it means “gruesome, grotesque, or horrifying”.
First usage
Our phrase came into English in the 1900s (1900-1909)
Background / Comments
If the nasal pronunciation of the first word of our phrase didn’t give away the country of origin, our phrase came from Paris, where there was a theater called “Le Grand Guignol” (the Great Puppet) that was especially known for such entertainment.
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