OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2158

masquerade

/ˌmæskəˈɹeɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mascarada
An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
I was invited to the masquerade party at their home.
mascarada
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.
Verres in the youth of Cicero, Catiline and Clodius in his middle age, Mark Antony in his old age, have all been left to operate on the modern reader's feelings precisely through t…
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