Masquerade

Meaning

Noun

●

An

or

of people

(usually

or

)

and

, and

themselves with

,

, or other diversions.

●

The

of

a

or

in a

for, or

for, a

ball.

●

An

of

under

false pretenses

; a

of something by a

or

show; a

, a

; also, a

display.

●

An

of

, often

, things.

●

A

at which

skits.

●

A

performance by

in

; a

or masque.

●

A Spanish

or

military exercise

in which

of

at

, the

with

and canes.

Verb

●

To

in a

; to

in

and

; (loosely) to

a disguise.

●

To

a different person or a person with

does not

; also, to make a

show of being what one is not.

●

To

(someone) with, or

with, a

; to disguise.

Sourced from

Origin

masquerade

English

mascarade

French

mascarata

Italian

mascherata

Italian

Sourced from

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