Grotesque

a.	1.	Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike.
	2.	Wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.
n.	1.	A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes.
	2.	Artificial grotto-work.

Noun	1.	grotesque - art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
Adj.	1.	grotesque - distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" Synonyms: monstrous, unnatural
	2.	grotesque - ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" Synonyms: antic, fantastic, fantastical

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