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maquillage

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ma⋅quil⋅lage

[mak-ee-ahzh; Fr. ma-kee-yazh]
–noun
makeup (defs. 1, 2, 5).

Origin:
1890–95; < F, equiv. to maquill(er) to apply makeup (orig. theater argot, perh. to be identified with OF masquillier blacken, smear, akin to mascurer, mascherer, v. deriv. of VL *mascar-; see masquerade ) + -age -age
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ma·quil·lage   (mä'kē-äzh')   
n.  Cosmetic or theatrical makeup.

[French, from maquiller, to apply makeup, from Old French macquiller, to work, from Old North French maquier, from Middle Dutch maken, to make; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]
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