Word Finder - masquerades

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An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

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I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.

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• masque

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The act of wearing a mask or dressing up in a costume for, or as if for, a masquerade ball.

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An act of living under false pretenses; a concealment of something by a false or unreal show; a disguise, a pretence; also, a pretentious display.

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An assembly of varied, often fanciful, things.

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A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits.

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A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask or masque.

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A Spanish entertainment or military exercise in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.

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To take part in a masquerade; to assemble in masks and costumes; to wear a disguise.

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

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To pass off as a different person or a person with qualities that one does not possess; also, to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

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He masqueraded as my friend until the truth finally came out.

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To conceal (someone) with, or as if with, a mask; to disguise.

Francis showed an even greater love for violent exercises, such as hunting, which was his ruling passion, and tennis, and for tournaments, masquerades and amusements of all kinds.

Balls and masquerades, exhibitions of fireworks, regattas and many other forms of amusement were provided; but by the close of the 18th century Ranelagh was ceasing to attract the public, and in 1803 the Rotunda was closed.

An annual exhibition is held under the auspices of the Art Union; and the members of the Artists' Society, or Malkasten, as they are called, have annual festivals and masquerades.

April Masini masquerades as Ask April, dishing about what it takes to make relationships work.

Here, the Gascan look masquerades as a brown smoke/marbled frame and gold, almost yellow, lenses.

Gypsy costumes are also very popular at Halloween and for masquerades.

Masquerades have gone in and out of fashion, but in their current incarnation, the tendency for costume is towards something period - either medieval, Renaissance, Georgian or Gothic Victorian.