Grand Guignoln.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɡrɒn ˈɡiːnjɒl/,

/ˌɡrɒn ɡiːˈnjɒl/,

/ˌɡrɒ̃ ˈɡiːnjɒl/,

/ˌɡrɒ̃ ɡiːˈnjɒl/, U.S.

/ˈˌɡræn(d) ˌɡinˈjɔl/,

/ˈˌɡræn(d) ˌɡinˈjɑl/,

/ˈˌɡræn(d) ˌɡinˈjoʊl/

Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initials.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Grand Guignol.

Etymology: < Grand Guignol, the name of a small theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris, which opened in 1897 (and closed in 1982), and which from early in its history specialized in short plays involving sensational and macabre horror scenes.The theatre took its name from Guignol, a character similar to Punch from a type of puppet theatre from Lyons.

A. n.

A dramatic entertainment in which short pieces of a sensational and macabre kind are played successively. Also (in extended use): events of a sensational and macabre character.Early uses may refer rather to the name of the Grand Guignol theatre than specifically to the type of entertainment staged there.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a melodrama

melodrame?1795

melodrama1804

sensation drama1858

Guignol1882

melo1889

drama1895

Grand Guignol1905

1905 Times Lit. Supp. 3 Nov. 373/1 The canons of art are just what the Grand Guignol exists to upset.

1920 H. B. Irving in M. Level Crises p. iii M. Level has given literary expression of a high order to the compact horrors of the Grand Guignol.

1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo iv. 214 Did you see this grand guignol of Leacock's yesterday morning?

1967 Times 3 Oct. 11/5 Many more [secrets] perished with the death of the sinister man who managed Stalin's Grand Guignol in the last years.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 4/1 There are some devastating episodes of Grand Guignol.

B. adj.

Relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of Grand Guignol; exaggeratedly horrific; sensational; macabre.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective] > (of theatrical productions) gruesome

ghoulish1862

macaberesque1876

macabre1889

Grand Guignol1907

black1961

1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Jan. 14/1 The new afternoon programme at the Court has been constructed on what may be called Grand Guignol principles.

1922 Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. Violent eccentricity is on the decrease; I have seen Salons of a much more Grand Guignol character than this one.

1986 P. D. James Taste for Death i. iv. 32 A Grand Guignol tableau too overdone and too contrived to be convincing.

2007 Amer. Scholar Autumn 112/2 Sweeney Todd, a Grand Guignol spectacle that took the negatives attached to his [sc. Stephen Sondheim's] work..and turned them into assets.

Derivatives

Grand Guignoˈlesque adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > melodrama

melodramatic1789

cloak and sword1806

melodramic1835

cloak and dagger1841

Adelphi1883

lyceum1898

transpontine1901

Grand Guignolesque1908

Grand Guignolish1908

1908 Sat. Rev. 28 Mar. 398/1 The most typically Grand-Guignolesque thing in the programme.

1969 Observer 12 Jan. 26/5 The film winds, with brilliant clarity, through a maze of shadowy emotions to a splendidly Grand-Guignolesque ending.

2007 A. Wilson Puccini Probl. 165 The poker game and scene where the blood drips through the ceiling were merely a Grand-Guignolesque throwback.

Grand ˈGuignolish adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > melodrama

melodramatic1789

cloak and sword1806

melodramic1835

cloak and dagger1841

Adelphi1883

lyceum1898

transpontine1901

Grand Guignolesque1908

Grand Guignolish1908

1908 Times 30 June 9/5 The first item was Octave, by MM. Mirande and Geroule, a modern (or Grand-Guignolish) variant of Le Malade Imaginaire.

1958 Listener 7 Aug. 211/2 Nor did any Grand Guignolish nonsense spoil his story which was full of genuine horror.

1999 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 13 Oct. 14 The Grand-Guignolish notion of having Marie's young son..unknowingly collect the head in a plastic carry-bag.

Grand ˈGuignolism n.

ΚΠ

1920 Times 22 Dec. 8/1 And there, I suspect, we reach a limitation of Grand Guignolism.

1986 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 1 Nov. 48 Scene 3 ends in a mood of exultant grand guignolism.

1996 J. M. Phelan in Dict. Ethics, Theol. & Soc. 560/2 Its mechanistic presuppositions have led to the imposition or violation of taboos (nudity, Grand Guignolism, etc.).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grand guignol
释义	Grand Guignoln.adj. Brit. /ˌɡrɒn ˈɡiːnjɒl/, /ˌɡrɒn ɡiːˈnjɒl/, /ˌɡrɒ̃ ˈɡiːnjɒl/, /ˌɡrɒ̃ ɡiːˈnjɒl/, U.S. /ˈˌɡræn(d) ˌɡinˈjɔl/, /ˈˌɡræn(d) ˌɡinˈjɑl/, /ˈˌɡræn(d) ˌɡinˈjoʊl/ Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initials. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Grand Guignol. Etymology: < Grand Guignol, the name of a small theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris, which opened in 1897 (and closed in 1982), and which from early in its history specialized in short plays involving sensational and macabre horror scenes.The theatre took its name from Guignol, a character similar to Punch from a type of puppet theatre from Lyons. A. n. A dramatic entertainment in which short pieces of a sensational and macabre kind are played successively. Also (in extended use): events of a sensational and macabre character.Early uses may refer rather to the name of the Grand Guignol theatre than specifically to the type of entertainment staged there. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a melodrama melodrame?1795 melodrama1804 sensation drama1858 Guignol1882 melo1889 drama1895 Grand Guignol1905 1905 Times Lit. Supp. 3 Nov. 373/1 The canons of art are just what the Grand Guignol exists to upset. 1920 H. B. Irving in M. Level Crises p. iii M. Level has given literary expression of a high order to the compact horrors of the Grand Guignol. 1961 A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo iv. 214 Did you see this grand guignol of Leacock's yesterday morning? 1967 Times 3 Oct. 11/5 Many more [secrets] perished with the death of the sinister man who managed Stalin's Grand Guignol in the last years. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 4/1 There are some devastating episodes of Grand Guignol. B. adj. Relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of Grand Guignol; exaggeratedly horrific; sensational; macabre. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adjective] > (of theatrical productions) gruesome ghoulish1862 macaberesque1876 macabre1889 Grand Guignol1907 black1961 1907 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Jan. 14/1 The new afternoon programme at the Court has been constructed on what may be called Grand Guignol principles. 1922 Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. Violent eccentricity is on the decrease; I have seen Salons of a much more Grand Guignol character than this one. 1986 P. D. James Taste for Death i. iv. 32 A Grand Guignol tableau too overdone and too contrived to be convincing. 2007 Amer. Scholar Autumn 112/2 Sweeney Todd, a Grand Guignol spectacle that took the negatives attached to his [sc. Stephen Sondheim's] work..and turned them into assets. Derivatives Grand Guignoˈlesque adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > melodrama melodramatic1789 cloak and sword1806 melodramic1835 cloak and dagger1841 Adelphi1883 lyceum1898 transpontine1901 Grand Guignolesque1908 Grand Guignolish1908 1908 Sat. Rev. 28 Mar. 398/1 The most typically Grand-Guignolesque thing in the programme. 1969 Observer 12 Jan. 26/5 The film winds, with brilliant clarity, through a maze of shadowy emotions to a splendidly Grand-Guignolesque ending. 2007 A. Wilson Puccini Probl. 165 The poker game and scene where the blood drips through the ceiling were merely a Grand-Guignolesque throwback. Grand ˈGuignolish adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > melodrama melodramatic1789 cloak and sword1806 melodramic1835 cloak and dagger1841 Adelphi1883 lyceum1898 transpontine1901 Grand Guignolesque1908 Grand Guignolish1908 1908 Times 30 June 9/5 The first item was Octave, by MM. Mirande and Geroule, a modern (or Grand-Guignolish) variant of Le Malade Imaginaire. 1958 Listener 7 Aug. 211/2 Nor did any Grand Guignolish nonsense spoil his story which was full of genuine horror. 1999 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 13 Oct. 14 The Grand-Guignolish notion of having Marie's young son..unknowingly collect the head in a plastic carry-bag. Grand ˈGuignolism n. ΚΠ 1920 Times 22 Dec. 8/1 And there, I suspect, we reach a limitation of Grand Guignolism. 1986 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 1 Nov. 48 Scene 3 ends in a mood of exultant grand guignolism. 1996 J. M. Phelan in Dict. Ethics, Theol. & Soc. 560/2 Its mechanistic presuppositions have led to the imposition or violation of taboos (nudity, Grand Guignolism, etc.). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1905
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