Definition of "grotesqueness" []

• The characteristic or quality of being grotesque (noun)

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• "But in spite of its merits, its dialect wearies the modern reader, and gives it an air of grotesqueness which is very alien to the spirit of the Latin."
• "Even in its miraculous element it stands to some extent in contrast with all mythologies, where the marvelous has ever a predominant character of grotesqueness which is absent from New"
• "This description of the Foul Fiend has an element of grotesqueness which is rather Christian than Moslem."