grotesquery
Americannoun
plural
grotesqueries-
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
Etymology
Origin of grotesquery
From the French word grotesquerie, dating back to 1555–65. See grotesque, -ery
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to sneer at Morris’s antics, but beneath the grotesquery is a real hunger.
From Salon • May 12, 2025
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
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
She recognized him even through the grotesquery of his clinging rags, even behind the mask of a long, red, dusty beard and formidable mustache, even despite the wild and staring incoherence of his whole expression.
From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan
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