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masquerade

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"Costume party"

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌmæskəˈɹeɪd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aadeemqrsuStarts with MEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. making a false outward show

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.
  • I’m going to masquerade as an old-fashioned pilot. What are you going to dress up as?
  • There was a Freak took an Aſs in the Head, to Scoure abroad on the Ramble; and away he goes into the Woods, Maſquerading up and down in a Lyon's Skin.

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