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グロテスク (gurotesuku): Renaissance grotesque motifs.
 
グロテスク (gurotesuku): a grotesque (statue) at the University of Chicago.

Etymology

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From French grotesque,[1][2] possibly via English.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ロテスク [gùrótéꜜsùkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ᵝɾo̞te̞sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Adjective

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グロテスク (gurotesuku-na (adnominal グロテスク (gurotesuku na na), adverbial グロテスク (gurotesuku ni ni))

  1. grotesque
    1. ugly, hideous
    2. relating to the grotesque style of art

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Noun

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グロテスク (gurotesuku

  1. someone or something grotesque
  2. the grotesque style of art: ornamental arrangements of arabesques with interlaced garlands and small and fantastic human and animal figures, usually set out in a symmetrical pattern around some form of framework
  3. a carved stone figure

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN