grotesquery

American  

[groh-tes-kuh-ree] / groʊˈtɛs kə ri /

Or grotesquerie

noun

plural

grotesqueries

1. grotesque character.

2. something grotesque.

3. grotesque ornamental work.

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grotesquery British  

/ ɡrəʊˈtɛskərɪ /

noun

1. the state of being grotesque

2. something that is grotesque, esp an object such as a sculpture

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Etymology

Origin of grotesquery

From the French word grotesquerie, dating back to 1555–65. See grotesque, -ery

Example Sentences

It’s easy to sneer at Morris’s antics, but beneath the grotesquery is a real hunger.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

But he immediately learned otherwise – and, even two years on, soccer, in its occasional and stubborn grotesquery, recently found a way of putting his visibility and status as a representative to the test.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2020

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

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

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