Dictionary definition · grotesque
noun
- art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
adjective
- distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous"tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"
- ludicrously odd"Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).