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grotesques

grotesques is the plural of grotesque.

grotesques is the third-person singular simple present indicative of grotesque.

Meaning of grotesque

Noun

grotesque (countable and uncountable, plural grotesques)

  1. A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.
  2. Anything grotesque.
    • Obese and largely unintelligible, Don Vito represents a working-class white male grotesque, the picture of excess.2009, Emily Chivers Yochim, Skate Life, page 128
  3. A sans serif typeface.

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Questions about grotesques

What is grotesques the plural of?
Grotesques is the plural of grotesque.

Words near grotesques in the dictionary

  1. grotesquenesses
  2. grotesquer
  3. grotesquerie
  4. grotesqueries
  5. grotesquery
  6. grotesques
  7. grotesquest
  8. grotesquing
  9. Groth
  10. Grothaus
  11. Grothauses

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