What does masquerade mean?

Definitions for masquerade
ˌmæs kəˈreɪdmas·quer·ade

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. masquerade, masquerade party, masque, masknoun

    a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

  2. fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costumenoun

    a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party

  3. masqueradeverb

    making a false outward show

    "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"

  4. masqueradeverb

    take part in a masquerade

  5. masqueradeverb

    pretend to be someone or something that you are not

    "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

Wiktionary

  1. masqueradenoun

    A party or assembly of people wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

    In courtly balls and midnight masquerades - Alexander Pope

  2. masqueradenoun

    A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See mask

  3. masqueradenoun

    Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.

  4. masqueradenoun

    A Spanish diversion on horseback.

  5. masqueradeverb

    To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

    I'm going to masquerade as the wikipede. What are you going to dress up as?

  6. masqueradeverb

    To frolic or disport in disguise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

  7. masqueradeverb

    To conceal with masks; to disguise.

    To masquerade vice - Killingbeck

  8. Etymology: From mascarade (mascarada), from mascarata (mascherata). See “mask”.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. MASQUERADEnoun

    Etymology: from masque.

    What guards the purity of melting maids,
    In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades,
    Safe from the treach’rous friend, and daring spark,
    The glance by day, the whisper in the dark. Alexander Pope.

    I was upon the frolick this evening, and came to visit thee in masquerade. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

    Truth, of all things the plainest and sincerest, is forced to gain admittance to us in disguise, and court us in masquerade. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

  2. To Masqueradeverb

    Etymology: from the noun.

    A freak took an ass in the head, and away he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion’s skin. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

    I find that our art hath not gained much by the happy revival of masquerading among us. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. masquerade

    Masquerade refers to pretending to be someone or something else, often to hide one's true identity or motives. It can also refer to a party or gathering where participants wear costumes and masks. It is basically a form of deception or disguise.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Masqueradenoun

    an assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions

  2. Masqueradenoun

    a dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4

  3. Masqueradenoun

    acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise

  4. Masqueradenoun

    a Spanish diversion on horseback

  5. Masqueradeverb

    to assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade

  6. Masqueradeverb

    to frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not

  7. Masqueradeverb

    to conceal with masks; to disguise

  8. Etymology: [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It. mascherata. See Mask.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Masquerade

    mask-ėr-ād′, n. an assembly of persons wearing masks, generally at a ball: disguise.—v.i. to wear a mask: to join in a masquerade: to go in disguise.—n. Masquerad′er, a person wearing a mask: a person or thing disguised in any manner. [Fr. mascarade. See Mask.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of masquerade in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of masquerade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of masquerade in a Sentence

  1. Germaine Greer:

    Women over fifty already form one of the largest groups in the population structure of the western world. As long as they like themselves, they will not be an oppressed minority. In order to like themselves they must reject trivialization by others of who and what they are. A grown woman should not have to masquerade as a girl in order to remain in the land of the living.

  2. Arthur Schopenhauer:

    The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.

  3. John Wayne:

    Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don't trust ambiguity.

  4. Aloo Denish Obiero:

    Life's greatest lessons often masquerade as detours on the road to destiny.

  5. Anthon St Maarten:

    Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned the masquerade of living up to the expectations of others and explored the new horizons of what it means to be truly and completely me, in all my amazing imperfection and most splendid insecurity.

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