mascarade French · revision 16087

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1554, Mellin de Saint-Gelais|origins=it mascherata}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /mas.ka.ʁad/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mascarade''' ''f'' (plural mascarades)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|it|mascherata]], northern form “mascarata” (16th century),^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005) a derivative of “maschera” “mask” (see [[masque]]).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1554) titled a poem for ''une mascarade'' performed one evening, at the queen's command, by six young ladies dressed as sibyls: an entertainment played by masked characters.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Ronsard (1565) and Marot wrote verses for such entertainments (Boileau: ''rima des mascarades''), which under Henri IV and Louis XIII merged with the ''ballet-mascarade'' while keeping their burlesque character.^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992) From 1579 (Larivey) it was also a gathering or procession of masked people, as in carnival (Montaigne's ''masquarades'').^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873)^(Petit Robert 2007) Furetière (1690) records the figurative “hypocritical show, deceitful staging” (''ce procès n'est qu'une mascarade'') and its use for a person oddly dressed; in 1821 it describes an extravagant garment.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1554 – In Mellin de Saint-Gelais.^(TLFi)

+ * 1565 – Verses for a mascarade, in Ronsard.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1579 – A procession of masks, in Larivey.^(TLFi)

+ * 1611 – ''Masquerade'' in Cotgrave.^(Littré 1873)

+ * 1690 – “Hypocritical show”, in Furetière.^(TLFi)

+ * 1821 – An extravagant garment.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|masquerade]], masked party or procession: ''les mascarades du carnaval''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A farce, sham: ''ce procès est une mascarade''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A ridiculous or bizarre get-up.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # ''(history)'' A masque (danced and recited entertainment).^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[masque]]

+ * [[masquer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}