mask
[ mask, mahsk ]
/ mæsk, mɑsk /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to put on a mask; disguise oneself.
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Origin of mask
1525–35; < Middle French masque, perhaps directly < Italian maschera mask, disguise < pre-Latin *maskara, an extended form of *mask-, probably with orig. sense “black” (blackening the face being a simple form of disguise); another development of the same base is early Medieval Latin masca witch, ghost (also, mask); see mascot
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mask
/ (mɑːsk) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of mask
masklike, adjectiveWord Origin for mask
C16: from Italian maschera, ultimately from Arabic maskharah clown, from sakhira mockery
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Medicine definitions for masklike
mask
[ măsk ]
n.
v.
To cover with a protective mask.
To cover in order to conceal, protect, or disguise.
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