masked

[ maskt, mahskt ]
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adjective
  1. using or wearing a mask or masks: a masked burglar; masked actors.

  2. disguised; concealed; hidden: masked treachery; masked forces.

  1. Zoology. having markings that resemble a mask.

Origin of masked

1
First recorded in 1575–85; mask + -ed3

Other words from masked

  • un·masked, adjective
  • well-masked, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for masked

masked

/ (mɑːskt) /


adjective
  1. disguised or covered by or as if by a mask

  2. botany another word for personate 2

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