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The quality of being grotesque or macabre. / (literature) A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.

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grotesquerie

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grotesquerie

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌɡɹəʊˈtɛskəɹi/

Noun

countable uncountable

The quality of being grotesque or macabre. / (literature) A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.

Japanese Meaning

グロテスクまたは不気味である性質。 / （文学）20世紀初頭に流行し、ホラー文学の一ジャンルとなったもの。

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The curator explained how the sculptor's grotesquerie challenged traditional ideas of beauty.

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学芸員は彫刻家のグロテスクさが伝統的な美の概念に挑戦していると説明した。

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The quality of being grotesque or macabre.

She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

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