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

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

The brilliance of the novel’s central idea is in its combination of Swiftian grotesquery and creepy plausibility.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2014

Every turn of phrase, awkward or coarse though it may seem to cultured ears, must be unrelentingly reported; and every grotesquery, each strange word, or incomprehensible or silly incident, must be given without flinching.

From The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Hartland, Edwin Sidney