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grotesque
adjective
- in or of a style of painting, sculpture, etc. in which forms of persons and animals are intermingled as with foliage, flowers, or fruits in a fantastic or bizarre design
- characterized by distortions or striking incongruities in appearance, shape, or manner; fantastic; bizarre
- ludicrously eccentric or strange; ridiculous; absurd
noun
- a grotesque painting, sculpture, design, etc.
- a grotesque thing or quality
Related Forms:
- grotesquely adverb
- grotesqueness noun
See grotesque in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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