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

We were for naming him the Chevalier Mascaron, and I think he will even surpass his friend.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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