- masquerade
[masquerade 词源字典]
- masquerade: see mask
[masquerade etymology, masquerade origin, 英语词源] - masquerade (n.)
- 1590s, "assembly of people wearing masks and disguises," from French mascarade or Spanish mascarada "masked party or dance," from Italian mascarata "a ball at which masks are worn," variant of mascherata "masquerade," from maschera (see mask (n.)). Figurative sense of "false outward show" is from 1670s.
- masquerade (v.)
- 1650s, from masquerade (n.). Related: Masqueraded; masquerading.