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masker.

To render giddy or senseless

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈmæskə(ɹ)//ˈmɑːskə(ɹ)/
  1. To render giddy or senseless

    dialectal · transitive
  2. To be bewildered.

    dialectal · intransitive
  3. To choke; stifle.

    dialectal · transitive
  4. To decay; rust.

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”). More at mask.

noun/ˈmæskə(ɹ)//ˈmɑːskə(ɹ)/
  1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.

  2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

Where this word comes from

From mask + -er.

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