iron maskn.

Brit.

/ʌɪən ˈmɑːsk/,

/ʌɪən ˈmask/, U.S.

/ˌaɪ(ə)rn ˈmæsk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: iron adj., mask n.³

Etymology: < iron adj. + mask n.³, after French masque de fer (1751 in l'homme au masque de fer , in the passage translated in quot. 1752; 1784 or earlier denoting the mysterious prisoner).

a. A mask made of iron, esp. one worn for protection or as a punishment.Recorded earliest in the Man with the Iron Mask at Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun]

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torturea1616

shiners1630

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iron mask1752

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > political or prisoner of conscience > specific prisoner in France > mask worn by

iron mask1752

1752 tr. Voltaire Age of Lewis XIV II. xxiv. 10 He conjured him..to tell him who this person was, who had been known by no other name than that of the man with the iron mask [Fr. l'homme au masque de fer].

1794 Thoughts on Nature of True Devotion 44 We do not hear, as formerly, of wheels, racks, beds of steel, and wild horses; of burnings, iron cages, and iron masks.

1813 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 310/1 The man that was confined and who died in the Bastille, and always wore an iron mask.

1867 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Feb. 90/1 The engraving..represents a Maroon of Brazil undergoing the punishment of the iron mask.

1907 E. L. Rhead Metall. (new ed.) x. 132 The legs of the shingler are encased in iron guards, and the face protected by an iron mask, to protect him from slag.

1973 O. Ratti & A. Westbrook Secrets of Samurai iv. 193 When climbing or scaling fortifications, the iron mask was removed and the sword set vertically.

2010 J. Smith Brazil & U.S. i. 19 Slaves were sometimes compelled to wear iron masks.

b. figurative. Something, esp. an outward appearance or expression, which hides a person's true identity or nature. Cf. mask n.³ 2.Often with allusion to the Man in the Iron Mask at Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > mask, cloak, disguise

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iron mask1760

domino1836

vizarding1861

1760 Crit. Rev. May 418 O curst ambition! that with iron-mask Oe'r thy foul face, hast th'impudence to ask God's images for victims to thy guilt.

1821 W. Scott Pirate (1822) II. ix. 155 You have worn what you are wont to call your iron mask so long, that your features..retain the impression of its rigidity, even when it is removed.

1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 21 Jan. (1954) II. 424 The iron mask of my incognito seems quite painful in forbidding me to tell Dickens how thoroughly his generous impulse has been appreciated.

1915 B. C. Forbes Finance, Business & Business of Life (1916) 222 The big men of America..have too often made the mistake of wearing iron masks, of refraining from revealing their true selves to the public.

1998 C. Wright It had to be You ii. 28 She would not allow him to penetrate her iron mask or her sheltered world.

2. With the and capital initials. = the Man in the Iron Mask at Phrases. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > political or prisoner of conscience > specific prisoner in France

iron mask1789

1789 Stuart's Star 21 Mar. They took care not to register the Iron Mask by his real name.

1791 Analyt. Rev. July 256 The Iron-mask was in confinement at Pignerol before he came to the Isle Sainte Marguerite.

1826 G. A. Ellis (title) The true history of the state prisoner commonly called the Iron Mask, extracted from documents in the French archives.

1858 tr. A. Dumas Vicomte de Bragelonne (new ed.) II. ci. 476 D'Artagnan..asked himself..why the Iron Mask had thrown the silver plate at the feet of Raoul?

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xi. 104 They showed us the noisome cell where the celebrated ‘Iron Mask’—that ill-starred brother of a hard-hearted king of France—was confined.

1944 R. Bloch in R. D. Larson Robert Bloch (1986) iv. 48 I decided that I might write a story about the historical Iron Mask set against his own times.

Phrases

the Man in (also with) the Iron Mask: (a name given to) a political prisoner in France at the time of Louis XIV whose face was disguised by a mask said to be made of iron.The identity of the prisoner, who died in the Bastille in 1703, has been the subject of much speculation and still remains unknown.

ΚΠ

1752 tr. Voltaire Age of Lewis XIV II. xxiv. 10 The marshal de Feuillade..has told me, that when his father-in-law [sc. Chamillard] was dying, he conjured him..to tell him who this person was, who had been known by no other name than that of the man with the iron mask [Fr. l'homme au masque de fer]. Chamillard answered him, it was the secret of state, and he had sworn never to reveal it.

1780 tr. J. M. Brossays du Perry Hist. Remarks & Anecd. Bastille 23 The famous Bastille prisoner, known by the name of the man in the iron mask, was lodged in the chamber called the third Bertaudiere.

1804 European Mag. Oct. 273/2 The history of the man with the Iron Mask, of whom so much has already been said and written, will soon be augmented with a new chapter.

1899 Eng. Hist. Rev. 14 375 The man in the iron mask..appears from conclusive documentary evidence to have been Mattioli, secretary of state to the duke of Mantua.

1910 H. A. Guerber Story of Old France lxxxv. 337 Dumas..romantically asserted that the Man with the Iron Mask was a twin brother of Louis XIV.

1968 M. Guybon tr. A. Solzhenitsyn First Circle x. 52 At all times the privileged prisoner's cell was in semi-darkness... The other prisoners nicknamed him ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’. No one knew his real name.

2006 Math Horizons 13 5/2 The Man in the Iron Mask was revealed to be General Bulonde, locked in the fortress of Pignerole as punishment for retreating from his battle position in Cuneo.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	iron mask
释义	iron maskn. Brit. /ʌɪən ˈmɑːsk/, /ʌɪən ˈmask/, U.S. /ˌaɪ(ə)rn ˈmæsk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: iron adj., mask n.³ Etymology: < iron adj. + mask n.³, after French masque de fer (1751 in l'homme au masque de fer , in the passage translated in quot. 1752; 1784 or earlier denoting the mysterious prisoner). 1. a. A mask made of iron, esp. one worn for protection or as a punishment.Recorded earliest in the Man with the Iron Mask at Phrases. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] griper1598 torturea1616 shiners1630 wooden horse1731 iron mask1752 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > political or prisoner of conscience > specific prisoner in France > mask worn by iron mask1752 1752 tr. Voltaire Age of Lewis XIV II. xxiv. 10 He conjured him..to tell him who this person was, who had been known by no other name than that of the man with the iron mask [Fr. l'homme au masque de fer]. 1794 Thoughts on Nature of True Devotion 44 We do not hear, as formerly, of wheels, racks, beds of steel, and wild horses; of burnings, iron cages, and iron masks. 1813 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 310/1 The man that was confined and who died in the Bastille, and always wore an iron mask. 1867 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Feb. 90/1 The engraving..represents a Maroon of Brazil undergoing the punishment of the iron mask. 1907 E. L. Rhead Metall. (new ed.) x. 132 The legs of the shingler are encased in iron guards, and the face protected by an iron mask, to protect him from slag. 1973 O. Ratti & A. Westbrook Secrets of Samurai iv. 193 When climbing or scaling fortifications, the iron mask was removed and the sword set vertically. 2010 J. Smith Brazil & U.S. i. 19 Slaves were sometimes compelled to wear iron masks. b. figurative. Something, esp. an outward appearance or expression, which hides a person's true identity or nature. Cf. mask n.³ 2.Often with allusion to the Man in the Iron Mask at Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > mask, cloak, disguise visor1390 scugc1485 cloak1526 visor1532 vizarda1555 mask1577 superficiesa1592 muffler1605 umbrella1623 misguise1646 travesty1732 iron mask1760 domino1836 vizarding1861 1760 Crit. Rev. May 418 O curst ambition! that with iron-mask Oe'r thy foul face, hast th'impudence to ask God's images for victims to thy guilt. 1821 W. Scott Pirate (1822) II. ix. 155 You have worn what you are wont to call your iron mask so long, that your features..retain the impression of its rigidity, even when it is removed. 1858 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 21 Jan. (1954) II. 424 The iron mask of my incognito seems quite painful in forbidding me to tell Dickens how thoroughly his generous impulse has been appreciated. 1915 B. C. Forbes Finance, Business & Business of Life (1916) 222 The big men of America..have too often made the mistake of wearing iron masks, of refraining from revealing their true selves to the public. 1998 C. Wright It had to be You ii. 28 She would not allow him to penetrate her iron mask or her sheltered world. 2. With the and capital initials. = the Man in the Iron Mask at Phrases. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > political or prisoner of conscience > specific prisoner in France iron mask1789 1789 Stuart's Star 21 Mar. They took care not to register the Iron Mask by his real name. 1791 Analyt. Rev. July 256 The Iron-mask was in confinement at Pignerol before he came to the Isle Sainte Marguerite. 1826 G. A. Ellis (title) The true history of the state prisoner commonly called the Iron Mask, extracted from documents in the French archives. 1858 tr. A. Dumas Vicomte de Bragelonne (new ed.) II. ci. 476 D'Artagnan..asked himself..why the Iron Mask had thrown the silver plate at the feet of Raoul? 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xi. 104 They showed us the noisome cell where the celebrated ‘Iron Mask’—that ill-starred brother of a hard-hearted king of France—was confined. 1944 R. Bloch in R. D. Larson Robert Bloch (1986) iv. 48 I decided that I might write a story about the historical Iron Mask set against his own times. Phrases the Man in (also with) the Iron Mask: (a name given to) a political prisoner in France at the time of Louis XIV whose face was disguised by a mask said to be made of iron.The identity of the prisoner, who died in the Bastille in 1703, has been the subject of much speculation and still remains unknown. ΚΠ 1752 tr. Voltaire Age of Lewis XIV II. xxiv. 10 The marshal de Feuillade..has told me, that when his father-in-law [sc. Chamillard] was dying, he conjured him..to tell him who this person was, who had been known by no other name than that of the man with the iron mask [Fr. l'homme au masque de fer]. Chamillard answered him, it was the secret of state, and he had sworn never to reveal it. 1780 tr. J. M. Brossays du Perry Hist. Remarks & Anecd. Bastille 23 The famous Bastille prisoner, known by the name of the man in the iron mask, was lodged in the chamber called the third Bertaudiere. 1804 European Mag. Oct. 273/2 The history of the man with the Iron Mask, of whom so much has already been said and written, will soon be augmented with a new chapter. 1899 Eng. Hist. Rev. 14 375 The man in the iron mask..appears from conclusive documentary evidence to have been Mattioli, secretary of state to the duke of Mantua. 1910 H. A. Guerber Story of Old France lxxxv. 337 Dumas..romantically asserted that the Man with the Iron Mask was a twin brother of Louis XIV. 1968 M. Guybon tr. A. Solzhenitsyn First Circle x. 52 At all times the privileged prisoner's cell was in semi-darkness... The other prisoners nicknamed him ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’. No one knew his real name. 2006 Math Horizons 13 5/2 The Man in the Iron Mask was revealed to be General Bulonde, locked in the fortress of Pignerole as punishment for retreating from his battle position in Cuneo. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1752
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