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
But just as I was beginning to fall under my host’s charming spell, my attention was seized by an item of such alarming grotesquery that I tremble even now to recount it in full.
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2020
But far exceeding the aesthetic wound of the memorial is the grotesquery of the betrayal it represents.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2015
There is also genius aplenty amid the fun and grotesquery.
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2014
He always wore good and yet exceedingly mussy clothes, at times bespattered with ink or, worse yet, even soup—an amazing grotesquery that was the dismay of all who knew him, friends and relatives especially.
From Twelve Men by Dreiser, Theodore
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