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noun
1.
a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
2.
something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense: He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.
verb (used with object)
3.
to cover with or as if with a cloak: She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.
4.
to hide; conceal: The mission was cloaked in mystery.
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Cloaking
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English cloke (< Old French ) < Medieval Latin cloca, variant of clocca bell-shaped cape, bell; see clock1
1175–1225; Middle English cloke (< Old French ) < Medieval Latin cloca, variant of clocca bell-shaped cape, bell; see clock1
Related forms
cloak·less, adjective
un·der·cloak, noun
well-cloaked, adjective
Synonyms
2. cover, mask, veil.
2. cover, mask, veil.
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Word Origin & History
cloak
1293, from O.N.Fr. cloque, from M.L. clocca "travelers' cape," lit. "a bell," so called from the garment's bell-like appearance (see bell). The verb is from 1509. Cloak and dagger (1806) translates Fr. de cape et d'épée. Cloakroom is from 1852.
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