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masque (mask, mäsk)

noun

  1. a masked ball
  2. a form of dramatic entertainment popular among the English aristocracy during the 16th and 17th cent., usually based on a mythical or allegorical theme and featuring lavish costumes, scenery, music, dancing, etc.: originally it contained no dialogue
  3. a dramatic composition written for such an entertainment, usually in verse

Etymology: see mask

masque Related Forms
masquer noun
masque Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • perform: It is a masque performed on a stage to an audience, and also to us.
  • write: It will be a rare opportunity to see a concert performance of a masque written by John Blow for Charles II.
  • design: Inigo went on to develop from designing masques to architecture.

Adjective modifier

  • Jacobean: In later years even great architect Inigo Jones was employed to produce lavish sets accompanied by various mechanical devices for the Jacobean masques.
  • Elizabethan: Elizabethan masques were also performed outdoors during the summer months.
  • elaborate: He was also responsible for the creation of the elaborate court masques of the Jacobean period.
  • early: History of pantomime It is generally acknowledged that British pantomime is modeled on the early masques of the Elizabethan and Stuart times.
  • first: The Banqueting House is completed and the first masque is performed on Twelfth Night.

Modifies a noun

  • series: To lend his beard masque world series of poker cm melton playing poker i. Then came more other regulators would.
  • world: To lend his beard masque world series of poker cm melton playing poker i. Then came more other regulators would.
  • scene: There are masque scenes in Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy and Shakespeare's Cymbeline and The Tempest.
  • costume: No expense was spared in terms of costume design and the fabrics and materials used to make the masque costumes.
  • comus: John Milton's masque Comus was first presented at Ludlow Castle in 1634.

Noun used with modifier

  • court: Additional Readings in the Stuart court masque Lindley, David, ed.
  • body: The body masque is rinsed with yogurt, which is nutritious for the skin adding enzymes and acting as a natural moisturizer.

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