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Meaning of GROTESQUERY

Pronunciation:  grow'teskuree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
 
 Synonyms: grotesqueness, grotesquerie
 
 See Also: ugliness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gro*tesqu"er*y\, n. [Written also {grotesquerie}.]
[From {Grotesque}.]
Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings. ``The
sustained grotesquery of Feather-top.'' --K. L. Bates.
      Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie,
      wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter.
                                               --George
                                               Gissing.
 

 

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