masque

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Pronunciation

• (GA, British) IPA: /mæsk/
• (RP) IPA: /mɑːsk/

Noun

masque (plural masques)

1. (archaic, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
2. (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
3. (archaic) A masquerade.
4. Archaic form of mask#English|mask.
5. A facial mask.

   mud masque; clay masque

Verb

masque (masques, present participle masquing; past and past participle masqued)

1. Archaic form of mask#English|mask.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16,

     It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.

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