Definition of grotesque

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Grotesque (n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes..

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Anticly :: Anticly (adv.) Oddly; grotesquely.
Mask :: Mask (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron..
Stapes :: Stapelia (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..
Antic :: Antic (a.) Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.
Bizarre :: Bizarre (a.) Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.
Grotesqueness :: Grotesqueness (n.) Quality of being grotesque.
Antic :: Antic (n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.
Guy :: Guy (n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot..
Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Grotesquely :: Grotesquely (adv.) In a grotesque manner.
Baroque :: Baroque (a.) In bad taste; grotesque; odd.
Manducus :: Manducus (n.) A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage..
Grotesque :: Grotesque (n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes..
Maidmarian :: Maidmarian (n.) The lady of the May games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a May queen. Afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes..
Gargoyle :: Gargoyle (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely..
Monkey :: Monkey (v. t. & i.) To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.
Antic :: Antic (n.) A grotesque representation.
Grotesque :: Grotesque (n.) Artificial grotto-work.
Morris :: Morris (n.) A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters..
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