名複: grotesques
a.
- 奇形怪狀的;古怪的;怪誕的
- (藝術等)怪異風格的
- 可笑的
n.
- 怪異風格;怪誕的圖樣[the S]
- 怪異的東西[C]
衍生
ad.
grotesquely
n. [U]
grotesqueness
辨析
同義:
a.怪異的
fantastic incredible bizarre monstrous ridiculous absurda.奇怪的;畸形的
deformed unnatural queer odd disfigured ill-shaped ugly同義參見:
freak misshapen以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
/grə(ʊ)ˈtɛsk/
adj.
- comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
- shockingly incongruous or inappropriate.
n.
- a grotesque figure or image.
- a style of decorative painting or sculpture consisting of the interweaving of human and animal forms with flowers and foliage.
- Printing a family of 19th-century sans serif typefaces.
Derivative
- grotesquely adv.
- grotesqueness n.
Etymology
C16 (as n.): from Fr. crotesque, from Ital. grottesca, from opera or pittura grottesca ‘work or painting resembling that found in a grotto’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》


西洋穴怪圖像(義大利語:Grottesche;英語、法語Grotesque;德語:Groteske,以下簡稱為「穴怪圖」)為歐洲十五世紀末至十九世紀前半葉室內藝術特有的裝飾風格。在歐洲語系的文學用辭上,該字亦有奇異與怪誕之意。