mascaron

How to use mascaron in a sentence

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

  The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I | Various

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

  A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

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

  A Short History of French Literature | George Saintsbury

• mascaron has the older fault of prodigal and somewhat indiscriminate erudition.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 | Various