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masqueraden.adj. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French mascarade; Italian mascherata. Etymology: < Middle French, French mascarade masked entertainment (1554; also in forms masquarade (1564), masquerade (c1590)) and its etymon Italian mascherata (attested from 1544, although compare earlier post-classical Latin masquarata (1289 in a document from Toulouse), and Portuguese mascarada (13th cent.), apparently both loans < Italian) < maschera mask n.3 + -ata -ade suffix. Compare Spanish mascarada (1817).With forms in -ado compare -ado suffix. A. n.α. 1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze 134 The Masquerada of a high masse. 1589 R. Greene (title) The Spanish Masquerado. Wherein vnder a pleasant deuise is discouered effectuallie in certaine breefe Sentences and Mottos the pride and insolencie of the Spanish Estate. 1608 E. Topsell 107 Although they pretend a matchlesse vnderstanding in these misteries of Phylosophy, they haue caused others..to be blinded with the mascarados of absurdities. 1612 W. Symonds Proc. Eng. Colonie Virginia vii. 45 in J. Smith These feindes..cast themselues in a ring about the fire, singing, and dauncing with excellent ill varietie...Hauing spent neere an houre, in this maskarado [etc.]. society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > masked α. 1597 T. Morley 181 The Italians make their galliardes..plaine, and frame ditties to them, which in their mascaradoes they sing and daunce. 1612 J. More in (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 126 The masqueradoes on Monday and Tuesday. a1652 A. Wilson (1653) 104 He loved such Representations, and Disguises in their Maskaradoes, as were witty, and sudden. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc 365 They have sometimes their Mascurados [Fr. mascarades] called Quacones, disguising themselves like Devils. society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > masked > participant society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > masque > [noun] > masquer 1604 D. Carleton Let. in M. Sullivan (1913) 14 At night there was a play in the Qs presence wth a masquerado of certaine Scotchmen who came in wth a sword not vnlike a matachin. 1651 tr. F. de Quintana 244 All the company were mute, considering for what cause this troope of unknown people were come into this assembly. Some thought that they were some Mascarads. 1667 No. 130/3 Several Citizens.., going disguised as Mascarades. 1670 S. Wilson (new ed.) ii. 187 Here also it is, that the Mascarades march in Carneual time. 1699 A. Boyer at Masque (Personne masquée) a masker, a mascarade one that has a vizard on. 1664 T. Porter ii. i. 24 Or shall we go to this peevish woman's, That she may see how easily I bear her scorn? Come, wee'l go in Masquerade; Her frowns can neither make my Vizard blush With grief nor shame. 1671 J. Dryden iii. 41 There are some Women without in Masquerade. 1691 A. Wood II. 21 The Presbyterians said..that he [sc. Chillingworth] was always a Papist in his heart, or, as we now say, in masquerade. 1726 D. Defoe ii. iii. 224 The Devil in Masquerade, Satan in full Disguise. 1756 T. Nugent I. 116 The beau-monde used to go in masquerade about the streets. 1774 H. Walpole 8 June Everybody is to go in masquerade, but not in mask. 1823 Ld. Byron xxxvii. 121 And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but The truth in masquerade. 1882 R. L. Stevenson I. 10 I have not the slightest objection to your friend the Major, whom I take to be a nobleman in masquerade. 1908 K. Grahame iii. 51 Copses, dells, quarries and all hidden places..seemed to ask him to overlook their shabby poverty for a while, till they could riot in rich masquerade as before. 5. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > act or instance of a1670 C. Guise Mem. in T. Raymond (1917) 122 I concluded to give my selfe up to mine oune inclinations and make a disguised journey, or mascarade..about England. 1826 J. F. Cooper II. v. 84 He entirely sacrificed every appearance of the warrior to the masquerade of a buffoon. 1868 M. E. Braddon I. xi. 260 ‘What, in heaven's name, is the meaning of this masquerade?’ The surgeon removed his broad-brimmed hat [etc.]... Nothing could have been more perfect than his disguise. 1902 E. Banks 268 During my masquerade as an American heiress. 1984 A. F. Loewenstein 42 Only she was pretending, always pretending, living some unreal masquerade. society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > cavalry exercise a1674 Earl of Clarendon (1761) I. 223 The Masquerade is an Exercise They learned from the Moors, performed by Squadrons of Horse, seeming to charge each other with great Fierceness; with Bucklers in their left Hands and a Kind of Cane in their right. 6. figurative. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > worn at masquerade 1674 W. Lloyd 23 This convention..was nothing but a Scene dressed up in Masquerade. 1680 16 I openly declare, without any Masquerade, That [etc.]. 1781 G. Crabbe 25 The smooth tongue's habitual masquerade. 1863 T. Woolner Introd. 7 For none can strip this complex masquerade And know who languishes with secret wounds. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation 1847 B. Disraeli II. iii. v. 80 ‘Thou son of a slave!’ exclaimed the lady, ‘thou masquerade of humanity!’ 1942 M. McCarthy (1943) iii. 80 A kind of masquerade of sexuality, like the rubber breasts homosexuals put on for drags. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > other textile fabrics > [noun] 1696–8 in E. M. Graham (1935) 52 1 ell maskarad. 1711 J. Anderson 95 He goes Generally in Winter in good thick Rug, and in Summer most part in a Highland Plaid, masquerade being at any time too Limber for him. c1784 in F. Montgomery (1984) 64 Masquerade Holland wove instead of our English Worsted Stuffs. 1860 F. W. Fairholt (ed. 2) (Gloss.) Masquerade, a shot silk of various tints. †B. adj. ( attributive). society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [adjective] > masked ball 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade II. xvi. 430 This very same Temptation oftentimes attacks the Servants of God, in a more Masquerade Address. 1749 H. Fielding V. xiii. vii. 64 The Female still speaking in her Masquerade Voice. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith I. xviii. 194 [He] demanded whether I was the real chaplain of the company, or whether it was only to be my masquerade character in the play. 1796 J. G. Holman iii. ii. 73 He twigs me. He knows Dicky here in his real and masquerade character both. Compounds1719 C. Johnson iii. i. 33 (stage direct.) Scene, a Masquerade-Room in imitation of that in the Hay-Market. 1766 M. A. Porny (1787) vi. §3. 222 This Ornament [sc. the mitre], with other Masquerade Garments. 1772 (1849) 249 An ass may look fierce in a masquerade dress. a1777 S. Foote (1778) ii. 33 A masquerade ticket, is more negotiable there than a note from the Bank. 1824 M. R. Mitford I. 236 A Spanish masquerade-dress. 1841 F. Marryat III. vii. 113 The first masquerade-night at Vauxhall. 1851 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 24 May in II. v. 963 We..enjoyed an excellent dinner..and then looked in at the Masquerade ball. 1925 A. Loos ii. 54 Last night there was quite a maskerade ball on the ship. 1969 A. Lurie 40 I've always thought I shared Clark's dislike of masquerade parties. 1986 Jan. 38/2 Masquerade motifs (e.g. pierrots, harlequins, ballerinas and other exotic characters) filled page after page of English illustrated magazines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). masqueradev.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: masquerade n. Etymology: < masquerade n. Compare earlier mascherate v. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > be or go in disguise [verb (intransitive)] 1677 A. Behn iii. iii. 44 Pedro: I'm glad she's there—Rascals how came the Garden Door open? Steph.: That Question comes too late Sir, some of my Fellow Servants Masquerading I'le warrant. 1692 R. L'Estrange ccxxiv. 196 An Ass..Masquerading up and down in a Lyon's Skin. 1744 H. Brooke Love & Vanity in E. Moore 161 Then all for parking, and parading, Coquetting, dancing, masquerading. 1818 S. T. Coleridge (new ed.) II. 246 He..masqueraded on the bloody stage of revolution, a Caligula with the cap of liberty on his head. 1850 H. Rogers (1874) II. ii. 123 Some may probably deem that..philosophy is here masquerading it a little too freely for her character. 1863 W. Phillips xxiv. 533 Virginia has a government, and is not a horde of pirates masquerading as a state. 1926 J. B. Priestley v. 129 Sheer unreason masquerading as reason. 1942 E. Langley vi. 68 ‘Are you two girls masquerading as boys?’ he asked. 1997 2 June 18/1 Perhaps the fastest growing, most profitable area of vegetarian cuisine is veggie food that masquerades as meat. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > disguise in fancy dress [verb (transitive)] 1681 20 Sept. 1/1 Torying, Tantivying and Masquerading his Majesties most loyal and dutiful Subjects. 1717 J. Killingbeck xi. 229 To masquerade Vice, and to make it wear the Habit and Shape of that Virtue it most resembles. 1927 May 87/1 Many builders and real estate men are masquerading whole city blocks of houses under the name of Spanish. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith IV. 239 I am just come up from the Shore, which I left masqueraded with People, I believe, from every Nation of the Earth. 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