masquerade
pronunciation
How to pronounce masquerade in British English:
UK [ˌmæskəˈreɪd]
How to pronounce masquerade in American English:
US [ˌmæskəˈred]
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- Noun:
- a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
- making a false outward show
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- Verb:
- take part in a masquerade
- pretend to be someone or something that you are not
Word Origin
- masquerade
- masquerade: see mask
- masquerade (n.)
- 1590s, "assembly of people wearing masks and disguises," from French mascarade or Spanish mascarada "masked party or dance," from Italian mascarata "a ball at which masks are worn," variant of mascherata "masquerade," from maschera (see mask (n.)). Figurative sense of "false outward show" is from 1670s.
- masquerade (v.)
- 1650s, from masquerade (n.). Related: Masqueraded; masquerading.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Ms. dugard would have to masquerade as " alissa " an older sister .
- 2. For adults , it may be that halloween is evolving into a masquerade event like mardi gras in new orleans and carnival in other countries .
- 3. Why masquerade as a church-going family man when your real life revolves around nights out with transvestites ?