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单词 mascaron
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mascaronn.

Brit. /ˈmaskərən/, /ˈmaskərn̩/, U.S. /ˈmɑskəˌrɑn/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mascaron.
Etymology: < French mascaron grotesque architectural mask (1633) < Italian mascherone grotesque mask (a1400; 1550 as an architectural term) < maschera mask n.3 + -one -oon suffix.
Architecture.
A representation, often grotesque, of a human or animal face, used as an architectural ornament. Cf. mask n.3 6a.
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1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. Pref. 3 They produce nothing save Mascarons, wretched Cartouches, and the like idle and impertinent Grotesks.
1757 W. Chambers Designs Chinese Buildings 7 The heads of all the columns are pierced by the beams of the roofs, the extremities of which are adorned with little mascarons and bells.
1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. 207/1 Mascaron,..the face of a man or animal employed as an ornamentation for decorating the key~stones of arches or vaults, or the stones of an arch, &c.
1926 R. Glazier Man. Hist. Ornament (ed. 4) ii. 169 The Italians from about 1480 favoured elaborate borders..composed of classical columns,..mascarons, etc.
1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 411/1 Mascaron, representation of a human or partly human face, more or less caricatured, used as an architectural ornament.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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