bergomaskとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

So called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, Italy, formerly noted for their clownishness.

名詞

bergomask (複数形 bergomasks)

1. (obsolete) A kind of rustic dance.
   • c. 1595–1596, 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 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, かつ 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?