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GROTESQUERIES
Noun
grotesqueries
plural of grotesquery
Source: Wiktionary
GROTESQUERY
Gro*tesqu"er*y, n. [Written also grotesquerie.] [From Grotesque.]
Definition: Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings. "The sustained grotesquery of Feather-top." K. L. Bates.
Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie, wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter. George Gissing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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