masked
adjUK /mɑːskt/ · US /mæskt/
Etymology From mask + -ed.
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Wearing a mask or masks.
- As the Superintendent of Austin, TX, schools I have mandated that our kids must be masked when they start school on Tuesday.2021 August 15, Stephanie Elizalde, “Why I'm Mandating That Austin Schools Must Be Masked When Classes Start”, in Time:
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Characterized by masks.
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Concealed; hidden.
- Derived terms
- backmasked, gas-masked, masked ball, masked battery, masked bee, masked crab, masked crimson tanager, masked facies, masked finch, masked hunter, masked lapwing, masked man fallacy, masked-man fallacy, masked palm civet, masked pig, masked plover, masked shining parrot, masked shrike, nonmasked, southern masked weaver