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masquerade
English
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Middle French mascarade, masquarade, masquerade (modern French mascarade (“masquerade, masque; farce”)), and its etymon Italian mascherata (“masquerade”), from maschera (“mask”) + -ata. Maschera is derived from Medieval Latin masca (“mask”): see further there. The English word is cognate with Late Latin masquarata, Portuguese mascarada, Spanish mascarada.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?mæsk???e?d/, /?mæsk???e?d/, /?m??s-/, /?m??s-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?mæsk???e?d/, /?mæsk???e?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
- Hyphenation: mas?que?rade
Noun
masquerade (plural masquerades) (also attributively)
- An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
- Synonym: (obsolete) masque
- The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.
- (figuratively) An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.
- (figuratively) An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.
- (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.
- (obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.
- (obsolete, rare) A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
Alternative forms
- mascarade
- maskerade (archaic)
Derived terms
- masqueradish
Related terms
- mask
- masque
- masqueradingly
Translations
See also
- costume party
Verb
masquerade (third-person singular simple present masquerades, present participle masquerading, simple past and past participle masqueraded)
- (intransitive) To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; (loosely) to wear a disguise.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
- (transitive, rare) To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.
Derived terms
- masquerader
- masquerading (noun)
Translations
References
Further reading
- masquerade ball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- masquerade (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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impersonate
English
Etymology
From im- +? person +? -ate. Compare incorporate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p??s?ne?t/
Verb
impersonate (third-person singular simple present impersonates, present participle impersonating, simple past and past participle impersonated)
- (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.
- Synonym: personate
- (transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
- (obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
- Synonyms: embody, impersonize
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- permeations
Italian
Verb
impersonate
- second-person plural present of impersonare
- second-person plural imperative of impersonare
Verb
impersonate f pl
- feminine plural past participle of impersonare
Anagrams
- presentiamo
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