单词 | masquery |
释义 | † masqueryn. Obsolete. 1. The action of masquerading or taking part in a masque; a masquerade or masque. Also: masqueraders' dress. in masquery: in masquerade, masked. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > dress, garb > [noun] > worn at masquerade masquery1535 masquerade1674 masquins1694 bahut1784 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > masque > [noun] disguising1481 maskeling1513 masque1526 masquery1535 disguise1622 1535 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 255 To be certane play gounis to the Kingis grace to pas in maskrie. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxv Another compaignie of .x. lordes in whiche maskery the kyng was himselfe. 1554 F. Yaxley Let. 22 Oct. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 313 A brave maskery of cloth of gold and sylver, apparailed in maryners garments. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. Z.iv I being in maskerie passed bye. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xiii. 95 b Disguysing themselues with certaine masquerie, as with heades and Cranes neckes. 1640 T. Nabbes Unfortunate Mother iii. sig. E4v Wee'l first thanke Heaven, And then wee'l see some maskery. 1829 E. Moxon Christmas 62 We cast a retrospective glance, And gaze and smile to see below Fantastic maskery and show. 2. figurative. Hypocrisy, pretence; a sham. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 ?1544 Bp. S. Gardiner Tract against W. Turner in Lett. (1933) 492 Your houndes have ron at ryot..which..with your maskery, is felony, all thoghe ye speake so playnly as it may be acompted day. 1554 in S. R. Maitland Ess. Reform. (1849) 303 Such as have most wickedly called the Mass a Maskarye. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xcvii. f. 170v They..attire him [sc. Christ] in diuers maskeries of sophismes. 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. viii. sig. G3 Me thinks I heare swart Martius cry Souping along in warrs fain'd maskerie. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 311 The masquery and cheating glory of the great ones of this world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1535 |
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