masker

Meanings

1. To render giddy or senseless
2. To be bewildered.
3. To choke; stifle.
4. To decay; rust.

1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.
2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”). More at mask.