Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Anything grotesque.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A sans serif typeface.

More definitions
  • art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

Examples

20 sentences

  1. Tom is grotesque.

    deTom ist grotesk. — Felixjp

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  2. It was grotesque.

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  3. Lukas was chased by a grotesque monster.

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  4. He has a nasty and grotesque appearance.

    ruОн — противный тип подозрительного вида. — zmoo

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  5. The monster was grotesque but not intimidating.

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave”) + -esc

Borrowed from Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave”) + -esco (relational suffix). By surface analysis, grotto + -esque. Compare French grotesque, English grotto.

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Forms

plural: grotesques
Singulargrotesque
Pluralgrotesques

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grossB2grosslygrottogrouchgrouchy
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