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Thread #170534   Message #4124445
Posted By: GUEST,Grishka
28-Oct-21 - 01:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Dans un amphithéatre
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Dans un amphithéatre
Interesting question, Mrrzy. I don't know of any. The adjective "macabre" exists in many languages, and although its actual etymology is disputed, many authors associated it with the Maccabees who used to figure in Danxes Macabres.

Someone else who knows?

Another symbolic usage of the word Maccabee (always capitalised), in many languages but probably not older than from the 19th century, is in the sense of "hero of a lost cause".