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单词 masquer
释义

masquern.

Brit. /ˈmɑːskə/, /ˈmaskə/, U.S. /ˈmæskər/
Forms:

α. 1500s– masker.

β. 1500s– masquer.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: masque n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < masque n. + -er suffix1; compare slightly later masque v. Compare Middle French masqueur (1584).
A person who takes part in a masquerade or masque; a person in masquerade, a masquerader. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > masked > participant
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α.
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. Pref. sig. Bb.viiv Syth thys man..speketh to mych to be called mayster Mummer..I shall..call hym mayster Masker.
1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. C.vi A mery felowe bryngynge..a good sorte of nuttes dyd cast them in the floore amonges the maskers.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xvj After the banket doen, these Maskers came in.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo2 The whiles the maskers marched forth in trim aray.
1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. A1v Then rode the chiefe Maskers, in Indian habits, all of a resemblance.
1647 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 406 Those maskers in religion and honesty.
1722 R. Steele Conscious Lovers (1755) i. i. 12 You know I was last Thursday at the Masquerade:..the Maskers you know followed us.
1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. Introd. 303 But, O! what masquers richly dight.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 19 They show themselves in the streets as the companions of maskers.
1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. iii. 15 A party of maskers at the Carnival.
1945 L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya i. 19 These strangest of Mardi Gras maskers are extremely well-organized groups, whose operations are intricate and complicated.
1991 E. S. Connell Alchymist's Jrnl. (1992) 7 Toothless maskers with raddled bones struggling hard as January to hoist one foot.
β. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 56v Masquers doe therefore couer their faces that they may open their affections.1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 73 b England,..the continuall Masquer in out-landish habilements.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 225 Let the Sutes of the Masquers, be Gracefull, and such as become the Person, when the Vizars are off.1658 A. Cokayne Small Poems 126 When they have danced all they intended, the Lar, or one of the Masquers invites the Spectator-Ladyes with this song to joyn with them.1769 O. Goldsmith in C. Lennox Sister Epil. sig. L2v The world's a masquerade! the masquers, you, you, you.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xxiv. 205 In masquer's quaint attire, She sought his skiff.1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge iv. 258 Your blockhead father..slips him on a mask and domino, and mixes with the masquers.1881 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (trade ed.) ix A motley company of mummers, masquers, fantastic phantoms, whifflers, thieves, rufflers.1978 M. Girouard Life Eng. Country House iv. 89 Masques were usually put on by members of the household..; it was usual for the masquers to break out of the masque and dance with the company.1992 Poor Richard's Saratoga Jrnl. July 14/5 There follows a guest list with descriptions of the masquers' costumes.

Derivatives

masquer-like adj. Obsolete rare
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1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 71 b Your mornelike christall countenaunces shall be netted ouer, and (Masker-like) cawle-visarded, with crawling venomous wormes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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