mascara
verbEtymology From Italian maschera (“mask”).
1
To apply mascara to the eyelashes
- Related terms
- mask
mascara
nounUK /məˈskɑːɹə/ · US /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/
Etymology From Italian maschera (“mask”).
1
A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.
- apply mascara
- put on mascara
4 more examples
- mascara runs
- mascara smudges
- With her rouged cheeks, silver lipcoat and mascara she might have been any girl after an hour at her mother's dressing table.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 157:
- There were a lot of young girls, in their early-twenties she guessed, many of them either Gothed up in thick black mascara and black lip stick, others looking like stereotypical Beat Girls in black rollnecks and jeans.2007, James Burr, Ugly Stories for Beautiful People, page 45:
- Derived terms
- browcara, manscara