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Traditional English :: grot
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groto.html - n. & adj. Brit. sl. --n. --adj. dirty . [back-form. f. GROTTY] |
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Traditional English :: grotesque
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groto.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 comically or repulsively distorted; monstrous, unnatural.
2 incongruous, ludicrous, absurd. --n. 1 a decorative form interweaving human and animal features.
2 a comically distorted figure or design.
3 Printing a family of sanserif typefaces. grotesquely adv. grotesqueness n. grotesquerie n. [earlier crotesque f. F crotesque f. It. grottesca grotto-like (painting etc.) fem. of grottesco (as GROTTO, -ESQUE)] |
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Traditional English :: grotto
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groto.html - n. (pl. -oes or -os) 1 a small picturesque cave. 2 an artificial ornamental cave, e.g. in a park or large garden. grottoed adj. [It. grotta ult. f. L crypta f. Gk krupte CRYPT] |
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Traditional English :: grotty
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groto.html - adj. (grottier, grottiest) Brit. sl. unpleasant, dirty, shabby, unattractive. grottiness n. [shortening of GROTESQUE + -Y(1)] |
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English Idioms :: groove
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groto.html - See: IN THE GROOVE. |
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English Idioms :: gross out
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groto.html - {v.}, {slang} To commit a vulgar act; to repel someone by saying a disgusting or vulgar thing. * /You are going to gross out people if you continue talking like that./ |
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