Liebestod
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Etymology
From , from + .
Noun
- An aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide.
- 1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Company of Wolves’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage 2006, p. 138:
- She saw how his jaw began to slaver and the room was full of the clamour of the forest's Liebestod but the wise child never flinched [...].
- 1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Company of Wolves’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage 2006, p. 138: