masque
masque
Definition
masque (mask, mäsk)
noun
- a masked ball
- 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
- a dramatic composition written for such an entertainment, usually in verse
Etymology: see mask
masqu′er 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
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