maskerade.
masquerade; a masked ball or costume party at which the participants wear masks and costumes
Meaning & usage
masquerade; a masked ball or costume party at which the participants wear masks and costumes
De inviterte gjestene til maskerade og ba alle komme utkledd.
masquerade; a masked ball or costume party at which the participants wear masks and costumes masquerade; a false or deceptive show, appearance or pretence
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French mascarade (“masquerade”), from Italian mascherata (“masquerade”), from mascherare (“to mask, disguise”), itself from maschera (“mask”), inherited from Late Latin Late Latin mascara, *mascra, from Latin masca (“mask; spectre, witch”), borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *maskā (“mesh, net”), from Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʷ- (“netting, mesh, knot, loop”), from *mesgʷ- (“to knit, tie, make a loop”). First attested before 1858. Compare the related borrowings Norwegian Nynorsk maskerade, Danish maskerade, Swedish maskerad, German Maskerade, Dutch maskerade, Polish maskarada and Russian маскарад (maskarad, “masquerade”).
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