masker

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃 (malsks, “foolish”). More at mask.

Verb

masker (third-person singular simple present maskers, present participle maskering, simple past and past participle maskered)

1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To render giddy or senseless

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

   • 2000, Paul Salzman, Early Modern Women's Writing:

     He is so, for he is not one that sets forth to the wars with great resolutions and hopes, and returns with maskered fears, and despairs; neither is he like those that take more care, and are more industrious to get gay clothes, and fine feathers, [...]

2. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To be bewildered.
3. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To choke; stifle.
4. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To decay; rust.

Synonyms

• (render giddy): confuse, bewilder, stupefy

Etymology 2

From mask +‎ -er.

Noun

masker (plural maskers)

1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.
   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Masque of the Red Death’:

     But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the seven, there are now none of the maskers who venture; for the night is waning away […].

   • 2012, L. Day, Gender and Power in Sierra Leone: Women Chiefs of the Last Two Centuries, →ISBN:

     Like the men's society, the corporate consciousness of women and their respected place in the political body is represented by a masked spirit. This sowei (masker), like all the officials of the society, represents the corporate body of women and retains the authority to levy fines and punish women and men or the community as a whole. The ndoli Jowei (dancing sowei) is a masker whose figure is completely covered with black raffia, topped by the sowei mask.

2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:masker.

Translations

one who wears a mask

• Hungarian: álarcos (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Makers, kermas, makers, markes

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Danish

Noun

masker c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of maske

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑs.kər/

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• Hyphenation: mas‧ker

Noun

masker n (plural maskers, diminutive maskertje n)

1. mask

Verb

masker

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of maskeren
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of maskeren

Anagrams

• kamers, makers

Descendants

• → Indonesian: masker

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch masker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maskər/
• Hyphenation: mas‧kêr

Noun

maskêr (first-person possessive maskerku, second-person possessive maskermu, third-person possessive maskernya)

1. (medicine) mask

Synonyms

• topeng
• kedok

Further reading

• “masker” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

masker m or f

1. indefinite plural of maske

Verb

masker

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of maskere

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• maskar m or f

Noun

masker f

1. indefinite plural of maske (Etymology 1)

masker m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of maske (Etymology 2)

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Swedish

Noun

masker

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of mask

Anagrams

• smaker