maskery

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noun

The dress or disguise of a maske; a masquerade.

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Meanings

nounmaskery (plural maskeries)

plural maskeries

  1. obsoleteThe dress or disguise of a maske; a masquerade.

    And Celſo, prethee let it be thy care to night / To haue ſome pretty ſhew, to ſolemnize / Our high inſtalement, ſome muſike maſkerie: / Weele giue faire entertaine vnto Maria […]

    c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii

Origin

From mask + -ery.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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