bergomask
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
So called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, Italy, formerly noted for their clownishness.
Noun[edit]
bergomask (plural bergomasks)
- (obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a bergomask dance between two of our company?
References[edit]
- “bergomask”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.