"grotesqueness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-grotesqueness.wav [US] Forms: grotesquenesses [plural]
Etymology: From grotesque + -ness. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|grotesque|-ness}} grotesque + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grotesqueness (countable and uncountable, plural grotesquenesses)
  1. The characteristic or quality of being grotesque. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (being grotesque): groteskius (Finnish), irvokkuus (Finnish), ainspiantacht [feminine] (Irish), arrachtas [masculine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-grotesqueness-en-noun-ZV2Kdf~L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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