antimasque

 [an-ti-mask, -mahsk]  

an·ti·masque

   [an-ti-mask, -mahsk]
noun
a comic or grotesque performance, as a dance, presented before or between the acts of a masque.
Also, an·ti·mask.

Origin:
1605–15; anti- + masque; replacing antemask; see ante-, mask

Related forms
an·ti·mas·quer, an·ti·mask·er, noun
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antimasque (ˈæntɪˌmɑːsk)
 
—n
a comic or grotesque dance, presented between the acts of a masque

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