单词 | grotesque |
释义 | grotesque adj. & n. --adj   1. comically or repulsively distorted; monstrous, unnatural.   2. incongruous, ludicrous, absurd. --n   1. a decorative form interweaving human and animal features.   2. a comically distorted figure or design.   3. Printing a family of sanserif typefaces. Derivatives grotesquely adv. grotesqueness n. grotesquerie n. Etymology: earlier crotesque f. F crotesque f. It. grottesca grotto-like (painting etc.) fem. of grottesco (as GROTTO, -ESQUE) |
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