| 单词 | grotesque |
| 释义 | grotesque —grotesquely, adv. —grotesqueness, n. /groh tesk"/, adj. 1. odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. 2. fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc. n. 3. any grotesque object, design, person, or thing. [1555-65; < F < It grottesco (as n., grottesca grotesque decoration such as was appar. found in excavated dwellings), deriv. of grotta. See GROTTO, -ESQUE] Syn. 1. distorted, deformed, weird, antic, wild. See fantastic. |
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