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English
Etymology
So called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, Italy, formerly noted for their clownishness.
Noun
bergomask (plural bergomasks)
- (obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
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?
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