Англо-русский словарь - grotesque
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grotesque
1. noun гротеск; шарж
2. adj.
1) гротескный
2) абсурдный, нелепый Syn: see bizarre
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1. гротеск, произведение в гротескной манере 2. фантастический орнамент (в виде фигур людей и животных, переплетенных растениями) 3. полигр. гротеск (шрифт) 4. гротескный; гротесковый in a grotesque manner —- в гротескной манере 5. нелепый, абсурдный grotesque appearance —- нелепый вид grotesque dream —- нелепый сон 6. фантастический; причудливый grotesque drawings of imaginary creatures —- картины, на которых изображены невиданные звери 7. с фантастическим орнаментом 8. создавать гротеск; изображать в карикатурном виде ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 comically or repulsively distorted; monstrous, unnatural. 2 incongruous, ludicrous, absurd. --n. 1 a decorative form interweaving human and animal features. 2 a comically distorted figure or design. 3 Printing a family of sanserif typefaces. Derivatives grotesquely adv. grotesqueness n. grotesquerie n. Etymology: earlier crotesque f. F crotesque f. It. grottesca grotto-like (painting etc.) fem. of grottesco (as GROTTO, -ESQUE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French, from Old Italian (pittura) grottesca, literally, cave painting, feminine of grottesco of a cave, from grotta Date: 1561 1. a. a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature b. a piece of work in this style 2. one that is ~ 3. sans serif II. adjective Date: 1603 of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the ~: as a. fanciful, bizarre b. absurdly incongruous c. departing markedly from the natural, the expected, or the typical Synonyms: see fantastic • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(grotesques) 1. You say that something is grotesque when it is so unnatural, unpleasant, and exaggerated that it upsets or shocks you. ...the grotesque disparities between the wealthy few and nearly everyone else. ...a country where grotesque abuses are taking place. ADJ • grotesquely He called it the most grotesquely tragic experience that he’s ever had. ADV 2. If someone or something is grotesque, they are very ugly. They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body. = hideous ADJ • grotesquely ...grotesquely deformed beggars. ADV: ADV adj/-ed 3. A grotesque is a person who is very ugly in a strange or unnatural way, especially one in a novel or painting. Grass’s novels are peopled with outlandish characters: grotesques, clowns, scarecrows, dwarfs. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 adj 1 strange or unusual in a way that is shocking or offensive (The idea of my best friend becoming my stepmother was too grotesque to contemplate.) 2 extremely ugly in a strange or unnatural way (a grotesque figure with a huge head) - grotesquely adv ~2 n 1 an image of someone who is strangely ugly 2 the grotesque a grotesque style in art ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1603, originally a noun, from M.Fr. crotesque, from It. grottesco, lit. "of a cave," from grotta (see grotto). Used first of paintings found on the walls of basements of Roman ruins; originally "fanciful, fantastic," sense became pejorative after mid-18c. Grotty, slang shortening, had a brief vogue 1964 as part of Liverpool argot popularized by The Beatles. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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