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Grand Gui·gnol (grän gē nyō̂l′)

any dramatic production designed to shock and horrify its audience with its gruesome or macabre content

Etymology: the name of a former theater in Paris noted for such drama

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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