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A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.

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  1. n. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
  2. n. Artificial grotto-work.
  3. adj. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
  4. adj. ludicrously odd
  5. n. art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
  6. Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." Macaulay. 1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. Dryden. 2. Artificial grotto-work.
  7. Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildlyor strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms andproportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden."Grotesque incidents." Macaulay.
  8. j:72/n:28 n. art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants s. distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous