mascara
[ma-skar-uh; British ma-skahr-uh]
- a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
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- to apply mascara to.
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Origin of mascara
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Contemporary Examples
Storage containers hold a treasure trove of mascara, lipstick, blush, and other makeup.
Obviously as Secretary of State the most pressing concern she had was mascara.
What better way to sell a deodorant or mascara than by buttressing a show that screams girl power and body pride?
No one thinks to transform him into an Adonis, to require him to mascara his lashes or tint his cheekbones a delicate pink.
Historical Examples
I picked out a faint lavender scent, and then bought some lipstick, mascara, and eyebrow pencil.
Exile from SpaceJudith Merril
Mascara is a town of the French colonial type, few vestiges of the Moorish period remaining.
The principal industry is the making of wine, the white wines of Mascara being held in high repute.
The road, 80 kilomtres long, which connects Mostaganem with Mascara, was covered to the whole of its extent.
The Insect WorldLouis Figuier
He went to Algeria in 1835, served in the expedition to Mascara, at the capture of Tlemcen, and in 1837 became captain.
mascara
- a cosmetic substance for darkening, colouring, and thickening the eyelashes, applied with a brush or rod
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Word Origin
C20: from Spanish: mask
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Word Origin and History for mascara
n.
cosmetic for coloring eyelashes, 1883, mascaro (modern form from 1922), from Spanish mascara "a stain, a mask," from same source as Italian maschera "mask" (see mask (v.)).
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