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ero-guro

ero-guro noun: a Japanese literary and artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence.

Noun

ero-guro (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese literary and artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence.

Origin of ero-guro

Borrowed from Japanese エログロ (eroguro), ultimately from English erotic + grotesque.

Questions about ero-guro

What does ero-guro mean?
Ero-guro means a Japanese literary and artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence.
What part of speech is ero-guro?
Ero-guro is a noun.

Words near ero-guro in the dictionary

  1. ernstite
  2. Erny
  3. Ernys
  4. ERO
  5. ero kawaii
  6. ero-guro
  7. erodability
  8. erodable
  9. erode
  10. eroded
  11. erodent

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