maquillage
Americannoun
noun
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make-up; cosmetics
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the application of make-up
Etymology
Origin of maquillage
1890–95; < French, equivalent to maquill ( er ) to apply makeup (originally theater argot, perhaps to be identified with Old French masquillier blacken, smear, akin to mascurer, mascherer, verbal derivative of Vulgar Latin *mascar-; masquerade ) + -age -age
Example Sentences
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I’m not advocating the Barbara Cartland school of maquillage here, but there’s no getting away from it: grey hair is a complexion drainer so the face needs more colour.
From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2019
Although in many respects an unknown quantity, the new head of state would not dream of being so un-French as to ignore the demands of his maquillage.
From The New Yorker • May 9, 2017
It was a private ritual, this morning maquillage, undertaken in public.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2017
The boas and maquillage gave a nod to Hendrix and to drag.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2016
I am not a believer in maquillage for the dead.
From Youth and Egolatry by Fassett, Jacob S. (Jacob Sloat)
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