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

Monkey :: Monkey (v. t. & i.) To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..

Anticly :: Anticly (adv.) Oddly; grotesquely.

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..

Gargoyle :: Gargoyle (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely..

Bull :: Bull (v. i.) A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility..

Grotesqueness :: Grotesqueness (n.) Quality of being grotesque.

Bambocciade :: Bambocciade (n.) A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life.

Malapropism :: Malapropism (n.) A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.

Antic :: Antic (n.) A grotesque trick; a piece of buffoonery; a caper.

Mantis :: Mantis (n.) Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina..

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..

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..

Manducus :: Manducus (n.) A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

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..

Bizarre :: Bizarre (a.) Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque.

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..

Grotesquely :: Grotesquely (adv.) In a grotesque manner.

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