mascaron

[ mas-kuh-ron ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Architecture.

1655–65; < French < Italian mascherone, augmentative of maschera; mask

We were for naming him the Chevalier Mascaron, and I think he will even surpass his friend.

Compared with those of Bossuet, the funeral orations of Mascaron are weak, and his style is lifeless.

Mascaron is chiefly remembered for his Oraison on that same death of Turenne which gave occasion to so many orators.

Mascaron has the older fault of prodigal and somewhat indiscriminate erudition.

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