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gro⋅tes⋅quer⋅y

  [groh-tes-kuh-ree]
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–noun, plural -quer⋅ies.
1. grotesque character.
2. something grotesque.
3. grotesque ornamental work.
Also, gro⋅tes⋅quer⋅ie.

Origin:
1555–65; < F grotesquerie. See grotesque, -ery
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gro·tes·que·ry also gro·tes·que·rie   (grō-těs'kə-rē)   
n.   pl. gro·tes·que·ries

  1. The state of being grotesque; grotesqueness.

  2. Something grotesque.

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