masqueradingn.
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪŋ/, /ˌmaskəˈreɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌmæskəˈˌreɪdɪŋ/ The action of masquerade v.; participation in masquerades; the assumption of a disguise; an instance of this. Frequently attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > masque > [noun] > participation in
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > assuming false appearance
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1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode iv. i. 52 This Masquerading is a most glorious invention.
1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. i. 86 The poor virtuous Rogues would not have it known for the world, that they go a Masquerading, and they would come to no mans Ball, but yours.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 262 At this time the Court fell into much extravagance in masquerading.
1724 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 71. ¶13 An Intrigue that began last Masquerading Time.
1789 G. Parker Life's Painter xiv. 125 I sings, how, in ev'ry station, Masquerading is practised throughout ev'ry nation.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ii. 245 ‘No masquerading tricks,’ said the locksmith.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. i. 8 They were to me God's angels, shining in..fairy masquerading dresses.
1886 Athenæum 20 Feb. 257/3 How much of dramatic masquerading there is in any poem no critic can ever say.
1935 B. Malinowski in M. Black Importance of Lang. (1962) 73 We find a masquerading of significant speech.
1986 Oxf. Art Jrnl. Jan. 41/2 The significance..becomes apparent only when one examines the conventions of Victorian masquerading more closely.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
masqueradingadj.
/ˌmɑːskəˈreɪdɪŋ/, /ˌmaskəˈreɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌmæskəˈˌreɪdɪŋ/ That masquerades or goes about in disguise; that takes part in masquerades.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective] > assuming a disguise
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1682 Roxburghe Ballads (1884) 193 From all the Masquerading French,..Libera nos, Domine!
1717 S. Croxall in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x Down with his masquerading wings he flies.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. xii. i. 278 In this masquerading world of ours.
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xv. 151 You don't escape me, masquerading madam.
1906 T. Watts-Dunton in H. D. Thoreau Walden Introd. p. xi One of those masquerading ‘children of the Tent’..who think it fine to play the Man of the Woods.
1989 P. Hesketh Netting Sun 6 Fold your costume, harlequin—The masquerading self has died.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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