Last Updated：2025/11/20

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grotesque

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Source Word

grotesque

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡɹəʊˈtɛsk/

Noun

countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

幻想的かつ錯綜した形状が絡み合った装飾様式（グロテスク様式） / 奇妙で異様なもの、風変わりなもの / （活字）サンセリフ体、いわゆるグロテスク体

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The cathedral's carved grotesque caught everyone's attention with its intertwining leaves, animals, and human faces.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

大聖堂の彫刻に施された、奇抜で絡み合った形の組み合わせによる装飾様式が、絡み合う葉や動物、人の顔で皆の注目を集めた。

Sense（1）

A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.

Sense（2）

Anything grotesque.

He’s also the new character from Sacha Baron Cohen, the man behind Ali G, Borat and Brüno: that unholy trinity of comic grotesques that told us a lot more about ourselves than we’d like to admit.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(typography) A sans serif typeface.

grotesques

（ plural ）

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