{"id":23029,"date":"2023-08-16T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23029"},"modified":"2023-08-16T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T16:29:07","slug":"hiding-in-caves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23029","title":{"rendered":"Hiding in Caves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we find out what links the word <strong>grotesque<\/strong> with <strong>caves<\/strong> and <strong>hiding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vpickering\/50616596823\/in\/photolist-2k7PhMe-2k7T4yk-FQWFD-sdwf7-7GJFFa-8p77UB-2dHj2ZU-ktiZ7G-QkSukC-2oDftCM-29FUbow-2449gph-ftYxy-6JdbSv-7xvYm9-a9LDwW-oWHpWv-23nLXtq-4RSHwY-eaaQ3V-6jMnXK-HxtVJh-dhMYp-63z4R5-29FUbiw-857hD2-24b7saB-29Lc5D6-G3b7KE-7qhcVh-29Lc6Ta-29FUb4d-271n88o-eaaPZz-29Lc6GZ-2jM8phx-29FUaNd-29FUaZL-6gegBS-quRDQ-29Lc75T-29Lc6hk-6ga7qZ-AzS5AT-8duPP3-271n7Ab-271n7Ds-eagv1o-8qRiL-4FFNUJ\" title=\"Grotesque\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50616596823_d60759c293_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" alt=\"Grotesque\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grotesque<\/strong> [\u0261\u0279\u0259\u028a\u02c8t\u025bsk \/ \u0261\u0279o\u028a\u02c8t\u025bsk] as an adjective means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way<\/li>\n<li>Disgusting or otherwise viscerally revolting<\/li>\n<li>Sans serif (<em>in typography<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an noun it means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms<\/li>\n<li>Anything grotesque<\/li>\n<li>A sans serif typeface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from Middle French <em>grotesque<\/em> (farcical, ridiculous; small cave, ornament), from Italian <em>grottesco<\/em> (grotesque) from <strong>grotta<\/strong> (cave, grotto) and <strong>-esco<\/strong> (relational suffix) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/grotesque#English\">source<\/a>]. <strong>Grotta<\/strong> comes from Vulgar Latin <em>*grupta\/*crupta<\/em>, from Latin <em>crypta<\/em> (underground passage, tunnel, crypt, vault), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03ba\u03c1\u03c5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ae<\/em> (krupt\u1e17 &#8211; crypt, vault) from <em>\u03ba\u03c1\u03cd\u03c0\u03c4\u03c9<\/em> (kr\u00fapt\u014d -hide), the origins of which are unknown [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/grotta#Italian\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>grotto<\/strong> and <strong>crypt<\/strong> in English, <strong>grot<\/strong> (cave, cavern) in Dutch, and <strong>grotte<\/strong> (cave) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/crypta#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The words <strong>grotty<\/strong> and <strong>gro(a)dy<\/strong> and clippings of <strong>grotesque<\/strong>: <strong>grotty<\/strong> is used in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and means unpleasant, dirty, slovenly, offensive [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/crypta#Latin\">source<\/a>], shoddy, rundown, disgusting, gross, bad [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=grotty\">source<\/a>], while <strong>gro(a)dy<\/strong> is used in the USA and means nasty, dirty, disgusting, foul, revolting, yucky or grotesque [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/grody#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grody<\/strong> is shortened even further into <strong>gro<\/strong> (disgusting, unpleasant; gross), although that might come from <strong>gross<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/gro#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post we find out what links the word grotesque with caves and hiding. 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