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Definition of Masked

1. Adjective. Having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading. "Masked threat"

2. Adjective. Having markings suggestive of a mask. "The masked face of a raccoon"

Definition of Masked

1. a. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden.

Definition of Masked

1. Verb. (past of mask) ¹

2. Adjective. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; concealed; hidden. ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) personate ¹

4. Adjective. (zoology) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Masked

1. mask [v] - See also: mask

Medical Definition of Masked

1. 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterised by masks; cincealed; hidden. 2. Same as Personate. 3. Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in colour from the rest of the plumage; said of birds. Masked ball, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. Masked battery, a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. 4. Masked crab, a Japanese domestic hog (Sus pliciceps). Its face is deeply furrowed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Masked

mashugana mashuganas mashup mashups mashwa mashwas mashy masing masjid masjids

mask mask of pregnancy mask shell maskable maskanda masked (current term) masked ball masked epilepsy masked facies masked gout

masked hyperthyroidism masked shrew masked virus maskeg maskegs maskelynite maskelynites masker maskered maskering

Literary usage of Masked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A ball at which the guests are masked ; a masked ball. mask-crab (mask'krab), ». ... masked monkey, or masked sa- ears and heavily furrowed face, ..."

2. The Night Side of London by Robert Machray (1902)
"THERE were times when the masked-ball was one of the great features of the Night Side of London, but it can scarcely be said to be a great feature of it now ..."

3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"On the evening of Tuesday 12th, there was, as usual, masked (or Half-masked) Ball, at the Palace. As usual; but this time it has become mentionable in ..."

4. The Victor Book of the Opera by Henry William Simon (1915)
"At the masked Ball, Richard is stabbed by Reinhart, but the dying man declares the innocence of Amelia and forgives his murderer. ..."

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