Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grotesquerie

/ɡɹoʊˈtɛskəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: grotes-querie
IPA: /ɡɹoʊˈtɛskəɹi/

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instance of grotesqueness, a grotesque thing.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Grotesque things collectively.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Grotesqueness, the quality of being grotesque or macabre.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky."
"The tone is brittle and morbid, emphasizing the eerie grotesquerie of Albert Giraud's poems."

Etymology

From French grotesquerie, from grotesque (“farcical, grotesque”) + -erie (“-ery”), from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave, grotto”) + -esco (“-esque, -ish”). Equivalent to grotesque + -erie.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: grotesquerie, grottesco
Suffix: grotesque

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɡɹoʊˈtɛskəɹi/
British English: /ɡɹəʊˈtɛskəɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

grotesqueries (plural) grotesquery (alternative)

Synonyms

grotesqueness grotesquery

Questions

How do you pronounce grotesquerie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹoʊˈtɛskəɹi/.
What does grotesquerie mean?: An instance of grotesqueness, a grotesque thing.
Where does grotesquerie come from?: It is traced to French.

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