Adjective: grotesque
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | grotesque |
| Singular f. | grotesque |
| Plural m. | grotesques |
| Plural f. | grotesques |
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like grotesque
emblématique,
antipianistique,
vanadique,
électrolysable,
sébacique,
aponévrotique,
fétichiste,
chromosomique,
archéographique,
fiduciaire,
judiciaire,
accusable,
monomyaire,
ontogénétique,
cinématique,
technétronique,
mélangeable,
neuropathique,
neurologique,
panchronique, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō)
3. Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ)bor.
4. Latin crypta
5. Italian grotta
6. Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
7. Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
8. Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor.
9. Vulgar Latin -iscus
10. Italian -esco
11. Italian grottescobor.
12. Middle French grotesque
13. French grotesque
14. Inherited from Middle French grotesque (“farcical”), from Italian grottesco, from grotta (“cave”) + -esco (relational suffix). By surface analysis, grotte + -esque. See: Italian Adjectives '
grottesco'.
Verbs referencing "grotesque"
English Adjectives
grotesque, Finnish Adjectives
groteski, German Adjectives
grotesk, Romanian Adjectives
grotesc.
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