grotesquery
Americannoun
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grotesque character.
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something grotesque.
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grotesque ornamental work.
noun
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the state of being grotesque
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something that is grotesque, esp an object such as a sculpture
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of grotesquery
From the French word grotesquerie, dating back to 1555–65. See grotesque, -ery
Example Sentences
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Schoenberg expunged tonality, with its too predictable pull on the emotions, creating a sensation with his own surreal grotesquery, “Pierrot Lunaire.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2020
The entire cast could behave as cold and stiffly as corpses, and as long as we're also wheeled through brocaded beauty and inspired grotesquery, this follow-up will have done its job.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2020
I don’t think it’s especially vain of me or anyone else to worry about my on-camera grotesquery; video conferencing awakens the vanity in all of us.
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019
Mr. Landis added: “This kind of grotesquery is traditional — it’s circus, it’s carnival, it’s exploitation.”
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2011
I laughed at the odd grotesquery of the thing—an old frock-coat and trousers of olive-green, faded and torn and fat with straw.
From D'Ri and I by Bacheller, Irving
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