Bergamask
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See also: bergamask
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Italian bergamasco (“from Bergamo”), itself from German Bergheim (“mountain home”).
Adjective[edit]
Bergamask (not comparable)
- 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[ward] 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[edit]
Bergamask (plural Bergamasks)