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Word entry · 6 letters

masque

Best crossword clue

"Costume party"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /mæsk/Part of speech nounSorted aemqsuStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (MASQUE).

Definitions

  1. a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • "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.
  • 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.
  • mud masque; clay masque

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