Definitions for masques

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masques masque

Spelling: [mask, mahsk]

IPA: /mæsk, mɑsk/

Masques is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in masques (aemqssu).

Definitions for masques

noun

1. a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
2. a dramatic composition for such entertainment.
3. a masquerade; masked ball; revel.
4. mask (def 14).

Origin of masques

From Middle French, dating back to 1505-15; See origin at mask

Examples for masques

Let us show what a masque was like by describing one of Ben Jonson's.

Nor did the greatest poets disdain to write words for the masque.

For himself, he has played and played and played, at the 'masque,' till even I bade him stop.

Every great man's house had a hall which was used for the masque.

We have given a few in the case of the masque and the 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'

It is a masque of the gods, and not a ballad like the Winning of Thor's Hammer.

"There is going to be a night masque, and a mock combat at the Louvre," the man said.

masque of the Red Death was the second-to-last Poe film I made.

V.S. Naipaul's new book, The masque of Africa, has not been well received by critics.

Somehow he had not seen the real story, but some game or masque.