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masqued

masqued is the archaic form of masked.

masqued is the simple past and past participle of masque.

Meaning of masked

Adjective

masked (comparative more masked, superlative most masked)

  1. Wearing a mask or masks.
    • As the Superintendent of Austin, TX, schools I have mandated that our kids must be masked when they start school on Tuesday.2021 August 15, Stephanie Elizalde, “Why I'm Mandating That Austin Schools Must Be Masked When Classes Start”, in Time, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2024
    Antonyms:
    unmasked, maskless
  2. Characterized by masks.
  3. Concealed; hidden.
  4. Personate.
  5. Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage.

Meaning of masque

Noun

masque (plural masques)

  1. (historical) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
    • "I think," said Anne to Madame de Mercœur, "we must obtain your protégée's services for our intended masque; however, I shall leave that to you young people to settle," turning to Louis as she spoke.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 221
  2. Words and music written for a masque.
    • Over six sections – a prologue, a life-story, a dream-quest, a dirge, a masque and an epilogue – they meditate on their lives, their hopes, their losses, and on the human condition.2010 April 9, Glyn Maxwell, “WH Auden's ‘The Age of Anxiety’”, in The Guardian
  3. A masquerade.
    • The game of pretence is enhanced by dressing-up, and it is natural for a child to copy some grown-up hero. The game was also played by all those people who have attended masques and fancy-dress parties and by Marie-Antoinette when she played at being a milkmaid, it is only the fashion which had...1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 184
  4. A facial mask.
    • mud masque; clay masque

Forms of masqued

comparativemore masqued
superlativemost masqued

Questions about masqued

What is masqued the archaic form of?
Masqued is the archaic form of masked.

Words near masqued in the dictionary

  1. Maspero
  2. Masperos
  3. Maspeth
  4. Maspiter
  5. masque
  6. masqued
  7. masquer
  8. masquerade
  9. masqueraded
  10. masquerader
  11. masqueraders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masqued (page history and authors); masked (page history and authors); masque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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