grotesquery

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
grotesquery
    n 1: ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion [syn:
         {grotesqueness}, {grotesquery}, {grotesquerie}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.

   Syn: grotesqueness.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

              Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie,
              wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter.
                                                  --George
                                                  Gissing.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    

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