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Masquerade

Masquerade Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Masquerade?
[n] making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"
[n] a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party [n] a party of guests wearing costumes and masks [v] pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as the expert on th Internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty" [v] take part in a masquerade Synonyms | Synonyms for Masquerade: fancy dress | mask | masque | masquerade costume Related Terms | Find terms related to Masquerade: accouter | act | act a part | act as | act out | acting | affectation | ape | aping | appearance | attitudinize | attitudinizing | bal | bal costume | bal masque | ball | ballet skirt | barn dance | be incognito | blowout | bluff | bluffing | burrow | buskin | camouflage | cap and bells | caparison | characterization | cheating | cloak | cocktail party | coffee klatch | color | coloring | copy | costume | costume party | country dance | cover | cover-up | dance | deception | delusion | dinner | dinner party | disappear | disguise | dissemblance | dissembling | dissimulation | do | domino | donation party | drop from sight | dumb show | embodiment | enact | enacting | enactment | entertainment | equip | facade | face | fakery | faking | false air | false colors | false face | false front | false show | falsity | fancy-dress ball | feigning | feint | festivity | fit | fit out | four-flushing | fraud | front | garden party | getup | gilt | gloss | go into hiding | go to ground | go underground | habit | hen party | hide | hide away | hide out | hole up | hop | house party | house-raising | housewarming | humbug | humbuggery | imitate | imitation | impersonate | impersonation | imposture | incarnation | incognito | Kaffeeklatsch | lawn party | lie | lie close | lie doggo | lie hid | lie low | lie snug | make false pretenses | mask | masked ball | masque | masquerade as | masquerade ball | masquerade party | meretriciousness | mime | mimesis | mimic | mimicking | mimicry | miming | mixer | motley | mummery | ostentation | outfit | outward show | pantomime | pantomiming | party | pass for | pass off | perform | performance | performing | personate | personation | personification | play | play a part | play peekaboo | playacting | playing | portrayal | pose | pose as | posing | posture | pretend to be | pretense | pretension | pretext | prom | promenade | protective coloration | put-on | record hop | remain anonymous | representation | retire from sight | rig | rig out | rig up | seeming | semblance | sham | shindig | shindy | show | shower | simulacrum | simulate | simulation | sit tight | smoke screen | smoker | sock | speciousness | square dance | stag | stag dance | stag party | stay in hiding | subterfuge | suit | surprise party | take cover | take off | tea dance | the dansant | tights | turn out | tutu | uniform | varnish | veil | visor | vizard | vizard mask | wear a mask | window dressing See Also | costume | disguise | disguise | domino | false face | fancy-dress ball | feigning | impersonate | masked ball | masquerade ball | party | personate | pose | pretence | pretending | pretense | simulation Masquerade In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \Mas`quer*ade"\, v. t. To conceal with masks; to disguise. ``To masquerade vice.'' --Killingbeck. |
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