Bergamask

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adjective

Of or characteristic of Bergamo, Italy.

OriginItalian bergamasco ← German Bergheim →
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Meanings

adjectiveBergamask (not comparable)

alternative Bergomask

  1. not comparableOf or characteristic of Bergamo, Italy.

    "Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a Bergomask dance between two of our company?"

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
nounBergamask (plural Bergamasks)

plural Bergamasks · alternative Bergomask

  1. A native or inhabitant of Bergamo
  2. A rustic dance, supposedly typical of the region

Origin

  1. GermanBergheim“mountain home”
  2. Italianbergamasco“from Bergamo”
  3. EnglishBergamask

From the Italian bergamasco (“from Bergamo”), itself from German Bergheim (“mountain home”).

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APA

Bergamask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bergamask

MLA

“Bergamask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bergamask. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bergamask,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bergamask.

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