ma•quil•lage(mak′ē äzh′; Fr. ma kē yazh′),USA pronunciationn.
Clothingmakeup (defs. 1, 2, 5).
French, equivalent. to maquill(er) to apply makeup (origin, originally theater argot, perh. to be identified with Old French masquillier blacken, smear, akin to mascurer, mascherer, verb, verbal derivative of Vulgar Latin *mascar-; see masquerade) + -age -age