Defn: Quality of being grotesque.
GROTESQUERY
Gro*tesqu"er*y, n. [Written also grotesquerie.] [From Grotesque.]
Defn: Grotesque action, speech, or manners; grotesque doings. "The sustained grotesquery of Feather-top." K. L. Bates.
Vileness, on the other hand, becomes grotesquerie, wonderfully converted into a subject of laughter. George Gissing.
GROTTO
Grot"to, n.; pl. Grottoes. Etym: [Formerly grotta, fr. It. grotta,
LL. grupta, fr. L. crypta a con cealed subterranran passage vault,
cavern, Gr. Grot, Crypt.]
Defn: A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.
GROTTO-WORK
Grot"to-work`, n.
Defn: Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.
Cowper.
GROUND Ground, n. Etym: [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it. There was not a man to till the ground. Gen. ii. 5. The fire ran along upon the ground. Ex. ix. 23. Hence: