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grotesquerie

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gro·tes·que·ry also gro·tes·que·rie  (gr-tsk-r)
n. pl. gro·tes·que·ries
1. The state of being grotesque; grotesqueness.
2. Something grotesque.
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Noun1.grotesquerie - ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion
grotesqueness, grotesquery
ugliness - qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses


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The plunge into this pit I had avoided by the merest of accidents, I knew that surprise, or entrapment into torment, formed an important portion of all the grotesquerie of these dungeon deaths.
The Pit and the Pendulum by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
If now, in addition to all these things, you have properly reflected upon the odd disorder of the chamber, we have gone so far as to combine the ideas of an agility astounding, a strength superhuman, a ferocity brutal, a butchery without motive, a grotesquerie in horror absolutely alien from humanity, and a voice foreign in tone to the ears of men of many nations, and devoid of all distinct or intelligible syllabification.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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