masker

Meaning

Verb

1. (dialectal, transitive) To render giddy or senseless
2. (dialectal, intransitive) To be bewildered.
3. (dialectal, transitive) To choke; stifle.
4. (dialectal, transitive) To decay; rust.

Noun

1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.
2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

Synonyms

masquer

masquerader

Translations

المقنَّع

Maskenspieler

μεταμφιέζων

disfrazado

enmascarado

embozado

maskeli kimse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmæskə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *maskeren

Cognate with Middle English: bimalscren

Inherited from Old English: *malscrian

Cognate with Middle Dutch: malsch

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍃𐌺𐍃

In summary

From Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”). More at mask.