antimasque

[ an-ti-mask ]

/ ˈæn tɪˌmæsk /

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noun

a comic or grotesque performance, as a dance, presented before or between the acts of a masque.

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Sometimes an·ti·mask .

Origin of antimasque

First recorded in 1600–10; anti- + masque; replacing antemask;see ante-, mask

OTHER WORDS FROM antimasque

an·ti·mas·quer, an·ti·mask·er, noun

Words nearby antimasque

antimanic, antimask, anti-masker, Anti-Mason, Anti-Masonic party, antimasque, antimatter, antimension, antimere, antimeridian, antimetabolite

How to use antimasque in a sentence

Antimask, Antimasque, an′ti-mask, n. a ridiculous interlude dividing the parts of the more serious mask.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
The Tempest masque, however, is of the simpler type, without antimasque.
Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama|Walter W. Greg

British Dictionary definitions for antimasque

antimasque

/ (ˈæntɪˌmɑːsk) /

noun

a comic or grotesque dance, presented between the acts of a masque

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