About The Word Grotesquery
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Grotesquery
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What's The Definition Of Grotesquery?
[n] ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
Synonyms | Synonyms for Grotesquery: grotesqueness | grotesquerie Related Terms | Find terms related to Grotesquery: See Also | ugliness Grotesquery In Webster's Dictionary \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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