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Italian
Etymology
From grotta (“cave”) + -esco (relational suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrotˈte.sko/
- Rhymes: -esko
- Hyphenation: grot‧té‧sco
Adjective
grottesco (feminine grottesca, masculine plural grotteschi, feminine plural grottesche)
- grotesque
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- grottesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana