英语词汇grotesque的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	grotesque
词源	grotesque. In the 16th century, excavated chambers, or grotte, in ancient Roman buildings revealed murals on the walls de- picting figures that were unnaturally distorted or comically ex- aggerated. These figures were called grotesca, after the grotte they were found in, grotesca eventually becoming the English grotesque, for any similar figure.
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