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Definition of Antimask
1. n. A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask.
Definition of Antimask
1. Noun. (obsolete form of antimasque) ¹
2. Adjective. Opposing masks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antimask
1. a comic performance between the acts of a masque [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antimask
Literary usage of Antimask
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials of the English Affairs from the Beginning of the Reign of Charles by Bulstrode Whitlocke (1853)
"After the beggars' antimask came men on horseback playing upon pipes, whistles,
and instruments, sounding notes like those of birds of all sorts, ..."
2. The Lyric and Dramatic Poems of John Milton by John Milton (1901)
"their attendants, who sing a short ode in praise of Hercules, urging him to sleep
after his labors. Immediately follows a second antimask, this time of ..."
3. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1875)
"The importance attached by the spectators to the 'nimble antimask' as the 'jollity'
in the entertainment is illustrated by a passage in Shirley's Triumph of ..."
4. The Dramatic Works of John Wilson by John Wilson (1874)
"What I've already done Is but the antimask to what I'll do. When safety comes in
question, there's no difference 'Twixt just or unjust, pitiful or cruel! ..."
5. Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"... has ever presented such a multiform theatre, such a carnival display, mask
and antimask, of impassioned life—breathing, moving, acting, suffering, ..."
6. The Dramatic Works of John Wilson by John Wilson (1874)
"What I've already done Is but the antimask to what I'll do. When safety comes in
question, there's no difference 'Twixt just or unjust, pitiful or cruel! ..."
7. World Literature and Its Place in General Culture by Richard Green Moulton (1911)
"... wealth—and scatters among the crowd pearls that turn to crawling beetles in
vulgar hands; the antimask is Mephistopheles as sneering Penury. ..."
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