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grotesquerie

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12 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹoʊˈtɛskəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted eeegioqrrstuStarts with GEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion

Word origin

From French grotesquerie, from grotesque (“farcical, grotesque”) + -erie (“-ery”), from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave, grotto”) + -esco (“-esque, -ish”). Equivalent to grotesque + -erie.

Used in a sentence

  • The tone is brittle and morbid, emphasizing the eerie grotesquerie of Albert Giraud's poems.

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