Gargoyle

Noun

 * 1) A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
 * 2) * 1906, Rafael Sabatini, The Trampling of the Lilies‎, page 110
 * From between set teeth came now a flow of oaths and imprecations as steady as the flow of water from the gargoyle overhead.
 * 1) Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
 * 2) A fictional winged creature.
 * 3) * 2005, Mel Odom, The Secret Explodes‎, page 200
 * Almost immediately one of the gargoyles swept down from the sky and attacked him. The gargoyle's momentum drove them both over the side.
 * 1)  An ugly woman.

Synonyms

 * grotesque, hunky punk
 * crone, hag

Thesaurus
baboon, bag, beak, blemish, blot, dog, downspout, eyesore, fright, hag, harridan, mess, monster, monstrosity, no beauty, scarecrow, sight, spout, teratism, ugly duckling, waterspout, witch

Etymology
From.

Translations

 * Finnish:, gargoili
 * French:
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 * Hungarian: vízköpő
 * Italian: ,


 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: gárgula
 * Romanian: gargui
 * Russian: горгулья
 * Spanish:


 * Esperanto: gargojlo
 * French:


 * Polish:
 * Russian: горгулья


 * Finnish: gargoili


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