Meanings
noungrotesquery (countable and uncountable, plural grotesqueries)
plural grotesqueries
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of grotesquerie.
Mr Carlyle had not maligned her looks: plain she undoubtedly was, not in any sense describably ugly but with a sort of pug-dog grotesquery.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
Synonyms & antonyms
nounludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
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Origin
- Frenchgrotesquerie
- Englishgrotesquery
From grotesque + -ery, calquing French grotesquerie, q.v.
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