GROTESQUERIE

grotesqueness, grotesquery, grotesquerie

(noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

grotesquerie (countable and uncountable, plural grotesqueries)

The quality of being grotesque or macabre.

(literature) A genre of literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 November 2024

LEAVE

(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”


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