Definition of grotesquerie
grotesqueries
1 : something that is grotesque
2 : the quality or state of being grotesque : grotesqueness
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Examples of grotesquerie in a Sentence
born Joseph Merrick, the so-called Elephant Man was for a time exhibited as a sideshow grotesquerie
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The Chechen war, for all its unforgivable grotesqueries, yielded something every beleaguered democrat could celebrate: the strength of the independent airwaves.
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Origin and Etymology of grotesquerie
grotesque + French -erie -ery
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