masquerade

n. அயிற்பெண்டு முகமூடி நடனம், பொய்த்தோற்றம், பகட்டு, (வினை) அயிற்பெண்டாடு, முகமூடி நடனத்தில் கலந்துகொள், மாறுவேடத்தில் தோன்று, உருமாறிச் செல், பொய்த்தோற்றம் கொள்.

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Mas`quer*ade", n. Etym: [F. mascarade, fr. Sp. mascarada, or It. mascherata. See Mask.] 1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. Pope. 2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4. [Obs.] 3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise. That masquerade of misrepresentation which invariably accompanied the political eloquence of Rome. De Quincey. 4. A Spanish diversion on horseback. Mas`quer*ade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Masqueraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Masquerading.] 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not. A freak took an ass in the head, and he goes into the woods, masquerading up and down in a lion's skin. L'Estrange. Mas`quer*ade", v. t. Defn: To conceal with masks; to disguise. "To masquerade vice." Killingbeck.

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