grotesqueness
11grotesquery — noun ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion • Syn: ↑grotesqueness, ↑grotesquerie • Derivationally related forms: ↑grotesque (for: ↑grotesqueness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
12grotesquerie — grotesquery gro*tesqu er*y, n. [Written also {grotesquerie}.] [From {Grotesque}.] Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. The sustained grotesquery of Feather top. K. L. Bates …
13grotesquery — gro*tesqu er*y, n. [Written also {grotesquerie}.] [From {Grotesque}.] Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings; ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. The sustained grotesquery of Feather top. K. L. Bates. Syn:… …
14grotesquerie — also grotesquery noun (plural ries) Etymology: grotesque + French erie ery Date: circa 1666 1. something that is grotesque 2. the quality or state of being grotesque ; grotesqueness …
15baroque — I. adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French, from Middle French barroque irregularly shaped (of a pearl), from Portuguese barroco irregularly shaped pearl Date: 1765 1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of… …
16grotesque — I. noun Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French, from Old Italian (pittura) grottesca, literally, cave painting, feminine of grottesco of a cave, from grotta Date: 1561 1. a. a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or… …
17Idi Amin — Infobox President name =Idi Amin Dada nationality =Ugandan caption =Idi Amin on January 25, 1978, during celebrations of the seventh anniversary of his rise to power. order =3rd President of Uganda term start =1971 term end =1979 vicepresident… …
18The Rite of Spring — Infobox Ballet name = The Rite of Spring image size = caption = choreographer = Vaslav Nijinsky composer = Igor Stravinsky based on = premiere = 29 May 1913 place = Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris ballet company = Ballets Russes characters =… …
19The Big Red One — Infobox Film name = The Big Red One caption = Theatrical release poster director = Samuel Fuller producer = Gene Corman writer = Samuel Fuller starring = Lee Marvin Mark Hamill Robert Carradine Bobby Di Cicco Kelly Ward Siegfried Rauch Marthe… …
20John Leech (caricaturist) — John Leech (August 29, 1817 ndash;October 29, 1864 in London) was an English caricaturist.Early lifeJohn Leech was born in London. His father, a native of Ireland, was the landlord of the London Coffee House on Ludgate Hill, a man , on the… …
