English
grotesqueness
From grotesque + -ness.
A compound of grotesque + -ness
Ancient Greek κρύπτω ‘to hide’
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Vulgar Latin *grupta
Italian grotta ‘cave’
Italian grottesco
Middle French grotesque ‘farcical (ridiculous)’
English grotesque
Today it means
noun Synonym of grotesquerie, the quality of being grotesque.
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Etymograph / grotesqueness