Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." Macaulay.
A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. Dryden.
Artificial grotto-work.
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