masquerade
masquerade
Definition
mas·quer·ade (mas′kə rād′)
noun
- a ball or party at which masks and fancy costumes or disguises are worn
- a costume for such a ball or party
- a disguise, false show, or pretense
- a living or acting under false pretenses
Etymology: altered (by assoc. with masque) < Fr mascarade < It mascarata, dial. var. of mascherata (< maschera): see mask
intransitive verb -·ad′ed, -·ad′·ing
- to take part in a masquerade
- to live or act under false pretenses
mas′·quer·ad′er noun
masquerade
Synonyms
masquerade
n.
masquerade
Synonyms
masquerade
Usage Examples
Object
- host: This also applies to initial traffic from the same masqueraded host going to the same remote host if the SPI values differ.
- gateway: There is no way for the masquerading gateway to detect or prevent this collision.
- network: A DNS proxy will be used to make the changing DNS IP addresses invisible inside the masqueraded network.
Converse of object
- perform: Performed three masquerade the seminars receptions history traditions aquatic.
Preposition: as
- angel: And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.
- whale: Bond to Dr. No while observing the latter's aquarium: " Minnows masquerading as whales.
- journalist: There are also some shadowy characters circling this all-important industry masquerading as journalists.
- democracy: If the first represented the crisis of opportunism, the last represents the crisis of neo-liberalism masquerading as social democracy.
- science: Ireland's badger cull is slaughter masquerading as science, claim conservationists - NFBG news release issued May 31st.
- fact: And/or someone who is prepared to write fiction masquerading as fact for money.
Modifies a noun
- costume: Dancers, musicians, performers, large scale 4 meter costumes, floats, and hundreds of colorful masquerade costumes.
- ball: Maybe at the city's masquerade ball we will all wear our masks.
- performance: They can set the character of a masquerade performance, rousing the spirits to appear.
- tradition: Some masquerade traditions are spread over a wide area.
- mask: Many were dressed up and wore masquerade masks and some did not.
- party: Because we were doing a masquerade party, I wanted to incorporate strong dashes of color.
Modifying Another Word
- often: Masking and masquerade often express cultural concerns over change and upheaval within a specific socio-historic context.
- now: Surfside's trio however have lost the rear sections of their Fuji bodies and now masquerade as 53 dual door rigids.
- currently: His daughter, currently masquerading as a human in love, tries to find him.
Preposition: under
- name: Joe has merely been masquerading under the name of Joe for all these years.
masquerade Quotes
Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail china jar receive a flaw, Or stain her honour, or her new brocade, Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade.
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