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单词 masquing
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masquingn.adj.

Brit. /ˈmɑːskɪŋ/, /ˈmaskɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmæskɪŋ/
Forms: see masque n. and -ing suffix1; also 1500s massekyng, 1600s– masqueing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: masque v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < masque v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier maskeling n.
A. n.
a. The action of performing or taking part in a masquerade or a masque; an instance of this; a masque. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > masque > [noun] > participation in
masquing1532
masquerading1673
α.
1532 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expences Henry VIII (1827) 270 Item the seconde daye paid to Richard Gibson for masking gere when the king was at Calys [etc.].
1538 J. Hutton Let. 5 Mar. (P.R.O. S.P. 3/5) f. 136 Here hathe bynne this shrovetid[e] great trivmphe of maskyng Justyng and feightyng.
1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 47v Their maskynges in the nyght after the paganes maner.
c1560 in T. Warton Life Sir T. Pope (1772) 85 Thomas Pope made for the ladie Elisabeth all at his owne costes, a greate and rich maskinge in the greate halle at Hatfelde.
1562 in Coll. Malone Soc. (1911) I. ii. 144 Devices to be shewed before the quenes Matie by waye of maskinge, at Nottingham castell.
c1640 Countess Lindsey in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 285 There will be masking at Quort at Twelfth-night.
1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia i. 14 Nothing but Tiltings and Turnaments, Maskings and Dancings, Musick, and all delights that the heart of men could either desire or devise, the Court did abound in.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4836/1 There was a publick Masking permitted for three Days and Nights.
1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 57 Feb'y 11th was the last day of Masking, and the only fine day during the Carnival.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. i. 7 Is this a time for Christmas gambols and quaint maskings.
a1900 R. Hovey To End of Trail (1908) 12 Lady.., If the world should beguile me With music and masking and glitter of gay flowers, Then I could not reply, should'st thou revile me.
1935 Mod. Lang. Notes 50 501 His mind might readily have flashed back to the maskings practiced by Henry VIII.
1979 Renaissance Q. 32 374 Masking and festivity provide Rebhorn with useful entries into The Courtier's varied riches.
β. 1616 B. Jonson Love Restored 34 in Wks. I I tell thee, I will haue no more masquing.1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. (1865) I. 291 The Carnival is begun and all sorts of diversions in perpetual practise except that of masqueing.1742 H. Walpole Lett. (1903) I. 175 The Duchess..makes a grand masqueing next week.1817 Ld. Byron Let. 13 Jan. (1976) V. 160 It is the Carnival, but the height of the Masquing is not yet begun.1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (U. S. ed. 2) v. 103 Masqueings or mummeries were favourite sports at Christmas in old times.1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 198 All we swains adore Your featness more and more As heroine of our artless masquings here.1992 A. Fraser Six Wives Henry VIII ix. 185 The Lady Marquess also led the masquing after supper accompanied by several ladies.
b. depreciative. Used with reference to the celebration of the Mass. Obsolete.In early use chiefly attributive.
ΚΠ
1546 J. Bale First Examinacyon A. Askewe 34 b Their popish portyfolyoms and maskynge bokes.
c1550 T. Becon Jewel of Joy in Wks. (1560) ii. 30 The papistes put on masking apparel Albes, girdels [etc.].
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1443/2 Ye haue deceyued the people with that your sacrifice of the masse, whiche ye make a maskyng.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1377/1 Playne seyng a Priest go to Masse, said, now you shal see one in maskyng.
B. adj. (attributive).
Used in or intended for a masquerade; that is a masquerade. Now historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > masque > [adjective] > used in or intended for
masquing1532
masking1538
masquine1653
1532Masking gere [see sense A. aα. ].
1542 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 220 One maskynge garment of sarcenet.
1578 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 237 Fyve masking garmentis of crammosie satin,..Sex maskenis of the same.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. iii. 137 To maintaine their wiues in suche pompeous and masking sorte.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. F1 Therefore [they] made Mistres Philosophy, very often borrow the masking rayment of Poesie.
1612 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 243 Now the masking sports shall follow.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. B3 The conceited portraiture before his Book, drawn out to the full measure of a Masking Scene.
c1670 A. Wood in Life (1848) 77 (note) He hath compositions in courtly masquing ayres.
1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode Prol. sig. Aiv We shall show to day, A Masquing Ball, to recommend our Play.
1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. lxxviii. 108 In motley robe to dance at masking ball.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xv. 293 Men, still habited in their masquing suits.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 Feb. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) ii. 69 This is what is called masquing day [in Rome].
1936 C. Oman Henrietta Maria 298 A court painter depicted the king, madame, and her maids of honour, in masquing costume.
1957 Shakespeare Q. 8 491 The masquing costumes were conceived in the proper traditional vein of fantasy.
1994 ELH 61 808 In the main topoi deployed here are the common stock of masquing iconography in this era.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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