maquillage

[ mak-ee-ahzh; French ma-kee-yazh ]

noun

1. makeup ( defs 1, 2, 5 ).

maquillage

/ makijaʒ /

noun

1. make-up; cosmetics
2. the application of make-up

Word History and Origins

Origin of maquillage¹

1890–95; < French, equivalent to maquill ( er ) to apply makeup (originally theater argot, perhaps to be identified with Old French masquillier blacken, smear, akin to mascurer, mascherer, verbal derivative of Vulgar Latin *mascar-; masquerade ) + -age -age

Word History and Origins

Origin of maquillage¹

from maquiller to make up

Example Sentences

Perhaps this is the point; perhaps Anshaw means to shake us awake from our little narcissisms, our devout solipsisms, our daily applications of principled maquillage.

From New York Times

She has to have four pre-red-carpet sessions with the stylist for hair, maquillage and gown, each lasting two or three hours.

From The Guardian

Although in many respects an unknown quantity, the new head of state would not dream of being so un-French as to ignore the demands of his maquillage.

From The New Yorker

It was a private ritual, this morning maquillage, undertaken in public.

From Washington Post

That strong use of maquillage is part of the striking element of Romantic self-dramatizing in her stage personality.

From New York Times

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