Both Uses
grotesque
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
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- CYRANO: Grotesque?†
Act 4
- ROXANE: He could not be grotesque to me!†
Act 4 *
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) 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.