English
grotesquery
From grotesque + -ery, calquing French grotesquerie, q.v.
Formed from grotesque + -ery
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
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Etymograph / grotesquery