bergomask

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Etymology

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So called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, Italy, formerly noted for their clownishness.

Noun

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bergomask (plural bergomasks)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      Will it please you to see the epilogue, or to hear a bergomask dance between two of our company?

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