unmask
English
WOTD – 9 November 2010
Alternative forms
- unmasque (archaic)
Pronunciation
Verb
unmask (third-person singular simple present unmasks, present participle unmasking, simple past and past participle unmasked)
- (transitive) To remove a mask from someone.
- (transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.
- (intransitive) To remove one's mask.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- But instead of a direct answer to so important a question, Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Translations
to remove a mask from someone
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to expose the true character of someone
to remove one's mask
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