dance of death

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [dans, dahns uhv, ov deth]
- /dæns, dɑns ʌv, ɒv dɛθ/
- /dɑːns əv deθ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dans, dahns uhv, ov deth]
- /dæns, dɑns ʌv, ɒv dɛθ/

Definitions of dance of death words

noun dance of death a pictorial, literary, or musical representation, current esp in the Middle Ages, of a dance in which living people, in order of social precedence, are led off to their graves, by a personification of death 3
noun dance of death a symbolic portrayal, esp. in medieval art, of Death whirling persons away in dance as each dies 3
noun dance of death a symbolic dance in which Death, represented as a skeleton, leads people or skeletons to their grave. 1
noun dance of death a representation of this theme in art. 1
noun dance of death Alternative term for danse macabre. 0

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Origin of dance of death

First appearance:

before 1470

One of the 25% oldest English words

First recorded in 1470-80

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Parts of speech for Dance of death

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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dance of death popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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