maskery

English

Etymology

From mask +‎ -ery.

Noun

maskery (plural maskeries)

1. (obsolete) The dress or disguise of a maske; a masquerade.
   • c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii:

     And Celſo, prethee let it be thy care to night / To haue ſome pretty ſhew, to ſolemnize / Our high inſtalement, ſome muſike maſkerie: / Weele giue faire entertaine vnto Maria […]

Anagrams

• Markeys