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gargoyle
[ gahr-goil ]
noun
- a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- a spout, terminating in a grotesque representation of a human or animal figure with open mouth, projecting from the gutter of a building for throwing rainwater clear of a building.
gargoyle
/ 藞伞蓱藧伞蓴瑟濒 /
noun
- a waterspout carved in the form of a grotesque face or creature and projecting from a roof gutter, esp of a Gothic church
- any grotesque ornament or projection, esp on a building
- a person with a grotesque appearance
gargoyle
- A sculpture depicting grotesque human shapes or evil spirits used in many buildings of the Middle Ages , most notably on Gothic cathedrals (see also cathedral ). Some gargoyles drained rainwater, sending it clear of the walls of the building.
Derived Forms
- 藞驳补谤驳辞测濒别诲, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 驳补谤顎僩辞测濒别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of gargoyle1
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Example Sentences
鈥淭he Brutalist鈥 is a staggering and worthwhile epic that needed to scale back just a bit, like a building with one too many gargoyles.
A former tattooist who left a woman "looking like a gargoyle" after giving her botched face fillers had been posing as a doctor at his aesthetics clinic, a BBC investigation has revealed.
He talked about going to an art show at the studio, and he saw a piece of a bunch of gargoyles sitting on a log flying kites.
A freeze frame of a frozen-faced Biden 鈥 taken from his wretched debate performance 鈥 loomed from the big screen in the convention hall like a geriatric gargoyle.
He gazed down at us like a furry gargoyle.
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