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▪ I. masqueˈrading, vbl. n.
[f. masquerade v. + -ing1.]
The action of masquerade v.; participation in masquerades; assumption of disguise.
1672Dryden Marr. à la Mode iv. ii, This masquerading is a most glorious invention. a1715Burnet Own Time (1724) I. 262 At this time the Court fell into much extravagance in masquerading. 1886Athenæum 20 Feb. 257/3 How much of dramatic masquerading there is in any poem no critic can ever say.
attrib.1723–4Dk. Wharton True Briton No. 71 II. 609 An Intrigue that began last Masquerading Time. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge ii, ‘No masquerading tricks’, said the locksmith. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke i, They were to me God's angels shining in..fairy masquerading dresses.
▪ II. masqueˈrading, ppl. a.
[f. masquerade v. + -ing2.]
That masquerades; addicted to masquerading.
1682Roxb. Ballads (1884) 193 From all the Masquerading French,..Libera nos, Domine! 1717Croxall Ovid's Met. x, Down with his masquerading wings he flies. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. 232 In this masquerading world of ours. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 89 You don't escape me, masquerading madam. |