MASQUE

masquerade, masquerade party, masque, mask

(noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

masque (plural masques)

(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.

(archaic) Words and music written for a masque.

(archaic) A masquerade.

Archaic form of mask.

A facial mask.

Verb

masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)

Archaic form of mask.

Anagrams

• squame

Source: Wiktionary


Masque, n.

Definition: A mask; a masquerade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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