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Gender Feminine
Usage Literature (Rare)
Other Forms FormsCARMILLA, MILLARCA, MARCILLA (other anagrams used by Le Fanu)
Meaning & History
An anagram of Carmilla. Countess Mircalla Karnstein is the true name of the titular villainess of J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic novella, Carmilla (1871). The name was also used in the Karnstein trilogy of British Hammer horror films, which were loosely based on Le Fanu's novella.