serio-grotesquen.adj.
/ˌsɪərɪəʊɡrə(ʊ)ˈtɛsk/, U.S. /ˌsɪrioʊɡroʊˈtɛsk/, /ˌsɪrioʊɡrəˈtɛsk/ Now rare.
A. n.
That which is partly serious and partly grotesque. Also: a partly serious and partly grotesque person.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] > specific style
rocaille1810
rococo1835
serio-grotesque1858
barocco1877
baroque1879
1858 D. D. Dana Fireman ii. 47 The blending of things sacred and profane below, heightened by the sea of flames and smoke above, presented a lively tableau of serio-grotesque.
1883 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 14 Sept. Flixborough Church might aptly bear the designation architecturally of the serio-grotesque. Evidently the object was to impress.
1986 M. Green & J. Swan Triumph of Pierrot i. 19 Very often his films end with such a procession of serio-grotesques.
B. adj.
That is partly serious and partly grotesque.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > specific movement or period
classical1546
pastoral1566
classic1597
Medicean1652
romantic1812
tedesco1814
realistic1829
realista1832
pseudo-classic1833
classicist1838
pseudo-classical1838
renaissant1839
modernist1848
post-classic1850
post-classical1851
pseudo-Gothic1853
classicizing1865
classicistic1866
serio-grotesque1873
geometric1877
neoclassical1877
modernistic1878
neoclassic1878
pseudo-archaic1878
William Morris1883
protocorinthian1884
veristic1884
William and Mary1886
Yuan1888
romanticistic1889
veritistic1894
auto-destructive1895
pre-Romantic1895
Trajanic1906
neo-realistic1909
New Romantic1909
neo-realist1912
futuristic1915
postmodern1916
Dada1918
Dadaist1918
surrealist1918
proto-Romantic1920
expressionistic1921
modernista1924
super-realist1925
superrealistic1925
postmodernist1926
proto-Baroque1926
post-symbolist1927
pre-modernist1927
surrealistic1930
Renaissancist1932
Colonial Revival1934
neo-baroque1935
socialist-realist1935
social realist1949
social realistic1949
kitchen sink1954
William IV1955
formalistic1957
Zhdanovite1957
neo-Dadaist1960
neo-modernist1960
William Morrisy1960
neo-Dada1962
Zhdanovist1966
conceptual1969
conceptualist1973
po-mo1987
pathetic1990
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > specific style
Moorish1434
savage1548
damaskeen1551
grotesque1603
Mogul1617
pierced1756
baroque1765
rocaille1776
rococo1830
plateresque1845
Alhambresque1848
François Premier1850
Mudéjar1865
serio-grotesque1873
famille verte1876
barocco1877
rococoesque1885
famille rose1893
famille noire1898
Ch'ien Lung1901
Marie Antoinette1909
Mosan1910
famille jaune1923
Romanizing1936
quatre-couleur1959
penworked1965
1873 S. Menzies Polit. Women I. iii. iv. 160 The serio-grotesque drama of the Fronde was thus initiated.
1887 A. G. Radcliffe Schools & Masters Painting xviii. 430 Much of the serio-grotesque spirit of the old North-German masters.
1902 Academy 12 Apr. 387/2 The serio-grotesque headlines of the New York Journal.
1984 Shakespeare Q. 35 210/2 His expressive acting stresses the serio-grotesque tendencies of the production.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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