Grotesquerie

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  grotesquery \gro*tesqu"er*y\, n. [Written also {grotesquerie}.]
     [From {Grotesque}.]
     Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings;
     ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. "The
     sustained grotesquery of Feather-top." --K. L. Bates.
  


     Syn: grotesqueness.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
  
                Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie,
                wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter.
                                                    --George
                                                    Gissing.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grotesquerie
       n : ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion [syn: {grotesqueness},
            {grotesquery}]