'grotesquerie' definitions:

Definition of 'grotesquerie'

From: WordNet
noun
Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion [syn: grotesqueness, grotesquery, grotesquerie]

Definition of 'grotesquerie'

From: GCIDE
  • grotesquery \gro*tesqu"er*y\, n. [Written also grotesquerie.] [From Grotesque.] Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. "The sustained grotesquery of Feather-top." --K. L. Bates.
  • Syn: grotesqueness. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
  • Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie, wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter. --George Gissing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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