| 1. | odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. |
| 2. | fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc. |
| 3. | any grotesque object, design, person, or thing. |
gro·tesque (grō-těsk') adj.
[From French, a fanciful style of decorative art, from Italian grottesca, from feminine of grottesco, of a grotto, from grotta, grotto; see grotto.] gro·tesque'ly adv., gro·tesque'ness n. |