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grotesqueness|grəʊˈtɛsknɪs| [f. grotesque + -ness.] The quality of being grotesque; incongruous absurdity. Also concr. pl. Grotesque objects.
1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 329 His face, with all its grotesqueness, was infinitely pleasanter to look at than his figure. 1860Heads & Hats 12 The women [temp. Edw. IV] wore absurdly high coiffures; and the men vied with them in their height, if not in their grotesqueness. 1883J. Hawthorne in Harper's Mag. Nov. 926 1, I sauntered about the studio, taking note of the various beauties, grotesquenesses, and curiosities that it contained. |