grotesquerie en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡɹəʊˈtɛskəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɡɹoʊˈtɛskəɹi/ (General-American)
Etymology
From French grotesquerie, from grotesque (“farcical, grotesque”) + -erie (“-ery”), from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave, grotto”) + -esco (“-esque, -ish”). Equivalent to grotesque + -erie.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) An instance of grotesqueness, a grotesque thing.
- (countable, uncountable) Grotesque things collectively.
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(countable, uncountable) Grotesqueness, the quality of being grotesque or macabre.
The tone is brittle and morbid, emphasizing the eerie grotesquerie of Albert Giraud's poems.
2009 January 12, Steve Smith, “Worlds Apart: Harmonies Earthbound and Lunar”, in New York Times:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter II (Burglary), page 378, column 1:
- (countable, uncountable) A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grotesquery | alternative | lexicographic | |
| grotesqueries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
ga ainspiantacht (quality of being grotesque) · sv groteskeri (quality of being grotesque) · ga arrachtas (quality of being grotesque) · es grotesquería (quality of being grotesque) · eo groteskeco (quality of being grotesque) · fr grotesquerie (quality of being grotesque) · fi groteskius (quality of being grotesque) · ru гротескность (quality of being grotesque) · fi irvokkuus (quality of being grotesque)