Associations to the word «Grotesquerie»

Wiktionary

GROTESQUERIE, noun. The quality of being grotesque or macabre.
GROTESQUERIE, noun. (literature) A genre of literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.

Dictionary definition

GROTESQUERIE, noun. Ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn