单词 | bal masqué |
释义 | bal masquén. A masked ball (see masked ball n. at masked adj.2 Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > masked masque1533 masquerade1597 masked ball1763 bal masqué1768 ball-mask1770 redoubt1858 1768 Earl of Carlisle Let. 31 May in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 303 I am going to a great dinner to-day..and after that to a bal masqué at court. 1775 H. Walpole Let. 23 Aug. (1904) IX. 239 On Friday he gives a bal masqué to the universe. 1817 H. C. B. Campbell Journey to Florence 4 Oct. (1951) 101 Afterwards there was a Bal masqué at the Pergola. 1902 G. K. Chesterton Twelve Types 4 A disguise as tawdry and deceptive as the costume of a ‘bal masqué’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1768 |
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