Bergamask

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Etymology

From the Italian bergamasco (from Bergamo), itself from German Bergheim (mountain home).

Adjective

Bergamask (not comparable)

  1. Of or characteristic of Bergamo, Italy.
    • 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 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?"

Noun

Bergamask (plural Bergamasks)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Bergamo
  2. A rustic dance, supposedly typical of the region

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