The Only Use of
grotesque
in
Fahrenheit 451
- And there on the small screen was the burnt house, and the crowd and something with a sheet over it and out of the sky, fluttering, carne the helicopter like a grotesque flower.
p. 127.8grotesque = distorted in an unnatural, disturbing way
Definitions:
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(1)
(grotesque) distorted and unnatural in shape or size -- especially in a disturbing way
or:
ugly, gross, or very wrong -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, grotesque can refer to a style of art or instances of it that combines or distorts in a fanciful way natural forms into something that is often ugly or disturbing. Grotesque can also be used specifically to reference a gargoyle-like sculpture without a waterspout.