mascaron

[ mas-kuh-ron ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. mask ( def 11 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of mascaron¹

1655–65; < French < Italian mascherone, augmentative of maschera; mask

Example Sentences

Mascaron has the older fault of prodigal and somewhat indiscriminate erudition.

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Compared with those of Bossuet, the funeral orations of Mascaron are weak, and his style is lifeless.

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Jean Mascaron was born at Marseilles in 1634.

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Mascaron is chiefly remembered for his Oraison on that same death of Turenne which gave occasion to so many orators.

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Bossuet, Fénelon, Bourdaloue, Massillon, Fléchier, Mascaron, Claude, Saurin, to name no others, could hardly have failed to distinguish themselves in any department of literature which they had chosen.

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