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grotesque

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  1. fantastic             
 
1. gro.tesque \gro--'tesk\ n [ME & OIt; MF, fr. OIt (pittura) grottesca, 
   lit., cave painting, fe]m. of grottesco of a cave, fr. grotta 1: a piece of 
   decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human a nd animal 
   forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the 
   natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature 2: something that is 
   grotesque 
2. grotesque aj : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of 
   grotesque : as  : FANCIFUL, BIZARRE  : absurdly incongruous  : departing 
   markedly from the natural, the expected, or the typical  - gro.tesque.ly av