グロテスク

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グロテスク (gurotesuku): Renaissance grotesque motifs.
グロテスク (gurotesuku): a grotesque (statue) at the University of Chicago.

Etymology

From French grotesque,[1][2] possibly via English.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

グロテスク • (gurotesuku) -na (adnominal グロテスクな (gurotesuku na), adverbial グロテスクに (gurotesuku ni))

  1. grotesque
    1. ugly, hideous
    2. relating to the grotesque style of art

Inflection

Inflection of グロテスク
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) グロテスクだろ gurotesuku daro
Continuative (連用形) グロテスクで gurotesuku de
Terminal (終止形) グロテスクだ gurotesuku da
Attributive (連体形) グロテスクな gurotesuku na
Hypothetical (仮定形) グロテスクなら gurotesuku nara
Imperative (命令形) グロテスクであれ gurotesuku de are
Key constructions
Informal negative グロテスクではない
グロテスクじゃない 		gurotesuku de wa nai
gurotesuku ja nai
Informal past グロテスクだった gurotesuku datta
Informal negative past グロテスクではなかった
グロテスクじゃなかった 		gurotesuku de wa nakatta
gurotesuku ja nakatta
Formal グロテスクです gurotesuku desu
Formal negative グロテスクではありません
グロテスクじゃありません 		gurotesuku de wa arimasen
gurotesuku ja arimasen
Formal past グロテスクでした gurotesuku deshita
Formal negative past グロテスクではありませんでした
グロテスクじゃありませんでした 		gurotesuku de wa arimasen deshita
gurotesuku ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive グロテスクで gurotesuku de
Conditional グロテスクなら（ば） gurotesuku nara (ba)
Provisional グロテスクだったら gurotesuku dattara
Volitional グロテスクだろう gurotesuku darō
Adverbial グロテスクに gurotesuku ni
Degree グロテスクさ gurotesukusa

Derived terms

Derived terms

Noun

グロテスク • (gurotesuku) 

  1. someone or something grotesque
  2. the grotesque style of art: ornamental arrangements of arabesques with interlaced garlands and small and fantastic human and animal figures, usually set out in a symmetrical pattern around some form of framework
  3. a carved stone figure

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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