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masque

noun
/mæsk/US/mɑːsk/UK/mask/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French masque. Doublet of mask and mesh.

  1. derived from masque

Definitions

  1. A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of…

    A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.

    • "I think," said Anne to Madame de Mercœur, "we must obtain your protégée's services for our intended masque; however, I shall leave that to you young people to settle," turning to Louis as she spoke.

  2. Words and music written for a masque.

    • Over six sections – a prologue, a life-story, a dream-quest, a dirge, a masque and an epilogue – they meditate on their lives, their hopes, their losses, and on the human condition.

  3. A masquerade.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Obsolete spelling of mask.

    2. A facial mask.

      • mud masque; clay masque

    3. Archaic spelling of mask.

      • It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.

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Derived

antimasque

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at masque. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at masque. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at masque

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA