Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: guro
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A language of the Mande family spoken in the Ivory Coast.

noun

A subgenre of manga and anime focusing on gore and mutilation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And maybe the Moravecian dream would be especially exciting for fans of guro manga who want to live out all the fantasies to have sex like the immortal Mai in Waita Uziga's Mai-chan's Daily Life, who stay alive even after being violently mutilated […]"
"The scope of hentai encompasses the entire range of sexual fetishes, including […] Guro, focusing on imaginative gore and mutilation."

Etymology

Reborrowed from Japanese グロ (guro), from English grotesque.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: グロ, grotesque

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Guro terms ero-guro

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Guro terms ero-guro gorn

Synonyms

Kweni

Questions

What does guro mean?: A language of the Mande family spoken in the Ivory Coast.
Where does guro come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce guro

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