masquerade

Examples

• All

• The conference concluded with an awards banquet punctuated by masquerade performances and a spectacular display of fireworks over Charlotte Amalie Bay.

  Academic text (2001)

• For Pynchon's characters in these stories, the mask or masquerade serves two functions: first, it presents to the Other the appearance that the subject wants to project; second, it hides what the subject wants to conceal.

  Academic text (2000)

• I keep looking for a guy in a masquerade outfit.

  Outing Riley (2004)

• "But the direct connection between them and your masquerade costume - if I may so term it - still escapes me."

  Fiction book (1991)

• For Halloween, she was a masquerade diva.

  Blog text (18)

• A masquerade costume seen by the author in the Oron Museum in 2004, called Nnabo, had the following description on its label:

  Academic text (2007)

• At the masquerade party, everyone wore beautiful costumes and danced under the chandeliers.

• She chose a stunning masquerade dress adorned with colorful feathers and a matching mask.

• Guests were encouraged to wear a masquerade outfit to the gala, making the evening feel enchanting.

Synonyms

D

disguise

vsmasquerade

160 3.7

Clothes or things you wear to hide who you are

refers to a specific party form rather than any general change of appearance

G

get-up

vsmasquerade

• Informal

10 5.6

A set of clothes worn to attract attention or to hide who you are

is meant primarily to hide identity at a masked party, not to draw attention

F

fancy dress

vsmasquerade

• UK

5 3.5

A costume people wear to hide who they are at a party

focuses on formal masked parties and often includes a facial covering

M

masquerade costume

vsmasquerade

5.3

An outfit with a mask and fancy clothes worn to hide who you are at a party

is the identical idea but named in a more explicit form

C

cosplay outfit

vsmasquerade

4.9

A costume fans wear to look like a character from a story or game

is for hiding identity at masked parties rather than copying a fictional figure

Compounds

M

masquerade ball

• Formal

4 4.8

A formal party where guests wear masks and costumes to hide who they are

M

masquerade party

1 4.3

A party where people wear masks and costumes to hide who they are

M

masquerade costume

5.3

An outfit with a mask and fancy clothes worn to hide who you are at a party

How Concealing

disguise

160 3.7

masquerade

1 6.3

to mask

111 3.7

costume

514 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology