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Antimask :: Antimask (n.) A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask..

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

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

Fantastic :: Fantastic (a.) Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque..

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

Antic :: Antic (a.) Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous.

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

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..

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..

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

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

Antic :: Antic (n.) A grotesque representation.

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

Grotesque :: Grotesque (n.) Artificial grotto-work.

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..

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..

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..

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