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| - | When commonly used in conversation, [[grotesque]] means [[strange]], [[fantastic]], [[ugly]] or [[bizarre]], and thus is often used to describe [[weird]] shapes and distorted forms such as [[Halloween]] masks or [[gargoyle]]s on churches. More specifically, the grotesque forms on [[Gothic architecture|Gothic buildings]], when not used as drainspouts, should not be called [[gargoyle]]s, but rather referred to simply as grotesques, or [[chimera]]s. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | *"[[odd]], [[uncanny]]", see [[grotesque]], [[confusion]], [[freak]], [[surprise]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] |
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