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GROTESQUERY
grotesqueness, grotesquery, grotesquerie
(noun) ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grotesquery (countable and uncountable, plural grotesqueries)
That which is grotesque in nature or style.
Source: Wiktionary
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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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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