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GROTESQUERIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grotesquerie mean?
• GROTESQUERIE (noun)
The noun GROTESQUERIE has 1 sense:
1. ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
Familiarity information: GROTESQUERIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
grotesqueness; grotesquerie; grotesquery
Hypernyms ("grotesquerie" is a kind of...):
ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
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