grotesque
grotesque
意味(日本語)
グロテスク、地下の墓のローマ装飾模様 ◇M.crotesque
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
意味(英語)
- (adjective) Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner.
- (adjective) Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance. See Synonyms at fantastic.
- (adjective) Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.
- (noun) One that is grotesque.
- (noun) A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation in which natural forms and monstrous figures are intertwined in bizarre or fanciful combinations.
例文
- In one marvellous passage he defines the word "grotesque" from the word grotto, a small cave and goes on to sing the praises of the "modern master printers who think like the scribes of our old Icelandic languages" and decorate their texts with impossible creatures –"a centaur here, an old woman with birds' feet there, a three-headed dog".
語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう
cryptogam
cryptogam
陰花植物 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cryptogram
cryptogram
暗号文 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cage
cage
鳥かご ◇L.cavea < cavus
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cryptology
cryptology
暗号 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cagey、cagy
cagey、cagy
用心深い
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
camera
camera
カメラ ◇Gk.kamara(=chamber 丸天井)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cave
cave
洞穴
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
grotto
grotto
小さなほら穴、岩屋、地下の墓 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
caveman
caveman
穴住人、ぶこつな人
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
caverned
caverned
ほら穴になった
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cavern
cavern
大洞窟
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cavernous
cavernous
落ち込んだ(目など)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cavity
cavity
穴
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
concave
concave
くぼんだ、凹面の、反対語 convex ◇com-(=強意)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cove
cove
小さな入り江、(天井の)折り上げ
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
excavate
excavate
発掘する ◇ex(=out)+L.cavus(=hollow、hole) = 穴から外へ出す
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
excavation
excavation
発掘
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
crypt
crypt
教会の地下室、納骨堂 ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)
cryptic
cryptic
なぞの、秘密の ◇L.crypto(=secret かくれた)
語源
- cav- : L.cavus = hollow, hole(空所)