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[mas-kuh-reyd] 
kəˈreɪd
noun, verb, -ad⋅ed, -ad⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes. |
| 2. | a costume or disguise worn at such a gathering. |
| 3. | false outward show; façade; pretense: a hypocrite's masquerade of virtue. |
| 4. | activity, existence, etc., under false pretenses: a rich man's masquerade as a beggar. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to go about under false pretenses or a false character; assume the character of; give oneself out to be: to masquerade as a former Russian count. |
| 6. | to disguise oneself. |
| 7. | to take part in a masquerade. |
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| mas·quer·ade (mās'kə-rād') n.
[French mascarade, from Italian mascarata, variant of mascherata, from Old Italian maschera, mask; see mask.] mas'quer·ad'er n. |
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Masquerade
Mas`quer*ade"\, n. [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It. mascherata. See Mask.]1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. --Pope. 2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4. [Obs.] 3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise. That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome. --De Quincey. 4. A Spanish diversion on horseback.Masquerade
Mas`quer*ade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Masqueraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Masquerading.]1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not. A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin. --L'Estrange.Masquerade
Mas`quer*ade"\, v. t. To conceal with masks; to disguise. "To masquerade vice." --Killingbeck.
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Language Translation for : masquerade
Spanish:
mascarada, farsa,
German:
die Verstellung,
Japanese:
見せかけ
masquerade (n.)
1597, from Fr. mascarade or Sp. mascarada "masked party or dance," from It. mascarata "a ball at which masks are worn," var. of mascherata "masquerade," from maschera (see mask). Fig. sense of "false outward show" is from 1674. The verb is attested from 1692.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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