Masque Definition

mask, mäsk
masques
noun
masques
A masked ball.
Webster's New World
A form of dramatic entertainment popular among the English aristocracy during the 16th and 17th cent., usually based on a mythical or allegorical theme and featuring lavish costumes, scenery, music, dancing, etc.: originally it contained no dialogue.
Webster's New World
A dramatic composition written for such an entertainment, usually in verse.
Webster's New World

(archaic) A shortening of the word masquerade.

Wiktionary

Archaic form of mask.

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verb

Archaic form of mask.

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Other Word Forms of Masque

Noun

Singular:
masque
Plural:
masques

Origin of Masque

  • Borrowing from French masque.

    From Wiktionary

  • French mask

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Masque Sentence Examples

  • I was to be Ceres in a kind of masque given by the blind girls.

  • A pageant and masque given by 2,000 participants before audiences of Ioo,000 led to the construction in 1917 of a municipal theatre in Forest Park, with accommodation for 9,270.

  • His dramatic work includes La Lepreuse (1896); Ton Sang and L'Enchantement (1900); Le Masque and Resurrection (1902); Maman Colibri (1904); La Marche Nuptiale (1905); Poliche (1906); Les Flambeaux (1912); Le Phalene (1913).

  • In 1634 Milton's Comus was performed in the castle under its original style of "A Masque presented at Ludlow Castle," before the earl of Bridgewater, Lord President of Wales.

  • He was fond of field sports and of music, and in 1633 he had charge of the music in the great masque performed by the inns of court before the king and queen.

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