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Fr. grɑ̃ giˈnyɔlgrand guig·nol

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Grand Guignolnoun

    a play of a macabre or horrific nature

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  1. Grand Guignolnoun

    A Parisian theatre which specialized in grotesque and grisly horror shows.

  2. Grand Guignolnoun

    That which thrives on grotesquery and gore.

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  1. Grand Guignol

    Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (French pronunciation: ​[ɡʁɑ̃ ɡiɲɔl]: "The Theatre of the Great Puppet")—known as the Grand Guignol–was a theatre in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in naturalistic horror shows. Its name is often used as a general term for graphic, amoral horror entertainment, a genre popular from Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre (for instance Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and Webster's The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil), to today's splatter films.

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  1. grand guignol

    Grand Guignol refers to a genre of dramatic entertainment that originated from a theater in Paris in the late 19th century. It is notorious for its grisly, horrific and sensationalized performances often featuring acts of violence, bloodshed, or sexual content. Become a term, it can refer to any dramatic presentation of a macabre or shocking nature.

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  1. Grand Guignol

    Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol – known as the Grand Guignol – was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris. From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialized in naturalistic horror shows. Its name is often used as a general term for graphic, amoral horror entertainment, a genre popular from Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre to today's splatter films.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of grand guignol in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of grand guignol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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