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grotesquery

noun

ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion

• Syn: ↑grotesqueness, ↑grotesquerie

• Derivationally related forms: ↑grotesque (for: ↑grotesqueness)

• Hypernyms: ↑ugliness

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noun

see grotesquerie

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/groh tes"keuh ree/, n., pl. grotesqueries.

1. grotesque character.

2. something grotesque.

3. grotesque ornamental work.

Also, grotesquerie.

[1555-65; < F grotesquerie. See GROTESQUE, -ERY]

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grotesquˈery or grotesquˈerie noun

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Main Entry: ↑grotesque

Useful english dictionary. 2012.